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The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
Harold Wilson
History
Successful
Sense
Sleep
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
Acceptance
Will
Wind
Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
Harold Wilson
Power
Office
Party
This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
Harold Wilson
Nothing
Party
Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.
Harold Wilson
Chance
Flying
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
Harold Wilson
Change
Progress
I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.
Harold Wilson
Ability
Night
Sleep
State
If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
Harold Wilson
Choice
One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.
Harold Wilson
Man
Wage
The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
Harold Wilson
Labor
We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution.
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Revolution
Socialism
A week is a long time in politics.
Harold Wilson
Politics
Time