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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

A week is a long time in politics.
HAROLD WILSON

Long Politics Time Weak
The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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Crusade Labour More Nothing Party
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Architect Chance 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
The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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Industry Intensive Labor Monarchy
The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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Coach Labour Party Stage
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
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
HAROLD WILSON

Architect Change Decay Human Only
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
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
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
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
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
The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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Country Forhfet Heat Industry Method Outdate Place Practice Restrictive Revolution Side
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
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

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