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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.

Harold Wilson 02/03/1967

Speaking to a group of rebellious Labour backbenchers who were pressing for big defence spending cuts

Category: Rebels & Rebellions

Tags: Harold Wilson, Parliament, Rebels & Rebellions

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Law is, of course, in a sense, no more than a gigantic confidence trick. If enough people did not obey the law it would be totally unenforceable.

Lord Hailsham

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