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

Harold Wilson

Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
HAROLD WILSON

Against Debate Dog Fun Insult Like Look No Something Whip
From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
HAROLD WILSON

Abroadm Worth Currency Fourteen From Less Now Other Percent Pound So Term
The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
HAROLD WILSON

Athlete Christian Constitution Early Endurance Mother Office President Require
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
HAROLD WILSON

Architect Chance Decay Reject
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.
HAROLD WILSON

Common Crawling Fair Give Head Held High Market Negotiate Negotiation Wind
May I say, for the benefit of those who have been carried away by the gossip of the last few days, that I know what’s going on.
HAROLD WILSON

Benefit Carried Day Going Gossip May Sir
One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
HAROLD WILSON

Another Increase Man One Price Wage
Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel between he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets in.
HAROLD WILSON

Actual Blade Flash Leader never Rigormortis Set Shoulder Suddenly Talk
The government have only a small majority in the House of Commons. I want to make it quite clear that this will not affect our ability to govern. Having been charged with the duties of Government we intend to carry out those duties.
HAROLD WILSON

Ability Affect Common Duty Government House Majority Make Quite Small
[Criticizing as “appalingly complacent” a Conservative Government report that by the ’60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall.
HAROLD WILSON

Conservative Country Criticism Eighty Government Meed Ofcourse Produce Report Scientist Shall
The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
HAROLD WILSON

Industry Intensive Labor Monarchy
All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
HAROLD WILSON

Center Country Finacial Financier Hear Keep Little People Person
The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
HAROLD WILSON

Belief Bound Limit Only Power
There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.
HAROLD WILSON

Five Nauseat Pay Prime Minister Society Something System Times Twenty Utterly
On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling.
HAROLD WILSON

Reject Restrain September Wage
At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
HAROLD WILSON

Abroad Ask Essential Home Main Prime Minister Repeatably Successful

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