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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.

Harold Wilson

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
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.
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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
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
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.
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Reject Restrain September Wage
In politics a week is a very long time.
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Long Politics Time Very Week
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.
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Christian Designing Early Man Message Punish Rest Ruthlessness Society System Uncaring
We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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Redefine Restart Revolution Scientific Socialism Term
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Architect Change Decay Reject
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
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
The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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.
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Center Country Finacial Financier Hear Keep Little People Person
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
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.
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Ability Affect Common Duty Government House Majority Make Quite Small
The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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Industry Intensive Labor Monarchy

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