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Harold Wilson Biography

James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSS (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976.

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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. [pause] I'm going on, and the Labour government's going on.

Away, Benefits, Gossip, Government, Labour, Say

If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.

Choice, Choices, Salmon, Smoked, Vinegar

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

Office, Party, Power

All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.

Business, Financial, Hearing, Keep, Littles

This party is a bit like an old stagecoach. If you drive along at a rapid rate everyone aboard is either so exhilarated or so seasick that you don't have a lot of difficulty.

Drive, Like, Old, Party, Political, Politics

The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.

Belief, Limits, Power

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

Chance, Equal, Flying, Should Have, Start

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.

Freely, Knowing, Littles, Part, Phrases, Press

I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.

Believe, Good Night, Head, Sleep, State

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.

Bite, Different, Dog, Fall, Taken, Time

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

Political, Prime, Sense, Sleep, Successful

In politics a week is a very long time.

Long, Politics, Time, Week

Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.

Dog, Fun, Insulting, Sarcastic, Say, Whipped

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

Messy, Middle, Muddle

The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.

Athlete, Christian, Mother, Office, Requires

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

Eugenics, Restating, Revolution, Socialism

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

Industry, Intensive, Labor, Monarchy

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.

250, Ministers, Nauseating, Pay, Prime

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.

Design, Designing, Men, Ruthlessness, Selsdon, Uncaring

The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.

Economic, Matter, Might, Months, Rebellion, Zimbabwe

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