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


Speech to the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France (January 23, 1967); reported in The New York Times (January 24, 1967), p. 12.

Harold Wilson Quotes

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

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

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

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