Quotes from Harold Wilson

This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

In politics a week is a very long time.

The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.

Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.

The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.

Selsdon Man is designing a system of society for the ruthlessness and the pushing, the uncaring. His message to the rest is: you're out on your own.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution.

A week is a long time in politics.

It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.

One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.

Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.

Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due.

One man's wage rise is another man's price increase.

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.

I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.

The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.

I've buried all the hatchets. But I know where I've buried them and I can dig them up again if necessary.

I am an optimist, but I am an optimist who carries a raincoat.

I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.