If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
— Harold Wilson
Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.
We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution.
One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.
I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.
The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
A week is a long time in politics.
The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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.