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

Harold Wilson

[Criticizing as “appalingly complacent” a Conservative Government report that by the ’60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall.
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Conservative Country Criticism Eighty Government Meed Ofcourse Produce Report Scientist Shall
In politics a week is a very long time.
HAROLD WILSON

Long Politics Time Very Week
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Architect Chance Decay Reject
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
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.
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Common Crawling Fair Give Head Held High Market Negotiate Negotiation Wind
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 going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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Going Government Labour
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Architect Change Decay Reject
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
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.
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Freedom Freely Hear Little Nauseated Perhaps Phrase Press Use
I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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Optimist Raincoat Take
The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
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Ambition Average Country Every Government Income Labour Present Worker
I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
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Ability Asset Believe Good Night Greatest Jhead Sleep State
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
The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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.
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Five Nauseat Pay Prime Minister Society Something System Times Twenty Utterly

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