Harold Wilson Quotes

English - Statesman | March 11, 1916 - May 24, 1995

One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.

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I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.

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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

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He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.

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Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

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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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The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.

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A week is a long time in politics.

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This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution.

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I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.

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