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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

I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
HAROLD WILSON

Going Government Labour
The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
HAROLD WILSON

Ambition Average Country Every Government Income Labour Present Worker
We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
HAROLD WILSON

Redefine Restart Revolution Scientific Socialism Term
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
If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.
HAROLD WILSON

Along Argue Everybody Exhilarate Great Inside Next Rattle Seasick Speed Trouble
I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
HAROLD WILSON

Best Messy Middle Muddle Road
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
We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
HAROLD WILSON

Redefine Restate Revolution Scientific Socialism Term
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.
HAROLD WILSON

Freedom Freely Hear Little Nauseated Perhaps Phrase Press Use
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Architect Change Decay Reject
Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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Office Party Power Whichever
The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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Coach Labour Party Stage
The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
HAROLD WILSON

Belief Bound Limit Only Power
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
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
HAROLD WILSON

Architect Change Decay Human Only
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

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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.

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