Harold Wilson

“The white heat of the technological revolution.”

“A week is a long time in politics.”

“The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.”

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

“I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase 'freedom of the press' used as freely as it is, knowing that a large part of our proprietorial press is not free at all.”

“From now on, the U.S. will have to go it alone.”

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

“The pound in your pocket has not been devalued.”

“I see the Prime Minister as a man with a big bacon slicer, trying to turn a pig into a pork sausage.”

“Every dog is allowed one bite.”

“If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.”

“This party is a bit of a mess. But it's our bit of a mess and we'll clear it up.”