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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.

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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
HAROLD WILSON

Crusade Labour More Nothing Party
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
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
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
I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
HAROLD WILSON

Best Messy Middle Muddle Road
Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.
HAROLD WILSON

Above Communication Factor History Mention Over Sense Sleep Vigilance
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
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
The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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Belief Bound Limit Only Power
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
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.
HAROLD WILSON

Bullfighter Life Many National Proper Science Training Use
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
[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.
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Afford Buy Country Egg Five Get Person Tories Year
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

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