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Selsdon Man is designing a system of society for the ruthlessness and the pushing, the uncaring. His message to the rest is: you’re out on your own.
HAROLD WILSON

Christian Designing Early Man Message Punish Rest Ruthlessness Society System Uncaring
Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.
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Above Communication Factor History Mention Over Sense Sleep Vigilance
I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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Optimist Raincoat Take
Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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Office Party Power Whichever
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Architect Change Decay Reject
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
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.
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All Allow Bite Different Dog Every Fail Licence Oen Return Taken Time View
This party is a bit like an old stagecoach. If you drive along at a rapid rate everyone aboard is either so exhilarated or so seasick that you don’t have a lot of difficulty.
HAROLD WILSON

Along Apart Bit Difficulty Drive Either Everyone Exhilarate Lot Rapid Seasick
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.
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Along Argue Everybody Exhilarate Great Inside Next Rattle Seasick Speed Trouble
If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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Choice Smoke Vinegar
At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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Abroad Ask Essential Home Main Prime Minister Repeatably Successful
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
HAROLD WILSON

Architect Chance Decay Reject
[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
If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
HAROLD WILSON

Afford Buy Country Egg Five Get Person Tories Year
One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
HAROLD WILSON

Another Increase Man One Price Wage
I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
HAROLD WILSON

Going Government Labour
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
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
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
We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
HAROLD WILSON

Redefine Restate Revolution Scientific Socialism Term
I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
HAROLD WILSON

Best Messy Middle Muddle Road
The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
HAROLD WILSON

Belief Bound Limit Only Power
The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
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Athlete Christian Constitution Early Endurance Mother Office President Require
If we don’t give science its proper place in our national life. We shall no doubt be training all the bullfighters we need, because we don’t use many.
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Bullfighter Life Many National Proper Science Training Use
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 Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
HAROLD WILSON

Crusade Labour More Nothing Party
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

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