Harold Wilson Quotes

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

- Harold Wilson

Food, Salmon, Smoked, Vinegar

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

- Harold Wilson

Power, Party, Office, Treasury

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

Will, Negotiate, Given, Unconditional

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

- Harold Wilson

Change, Which, Rejects, Cemetery

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

- Harold Wilson

Health, Night, I Believe The, Greatest Asset

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

- Harold Wilson

Work, Price, Another, Increase

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

- Harold Wilson

Redefining, Terms, Socialism

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

- Harold Wilson

Labor, Monarchy, Industry, Intensive

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

- Harold Wilson

Best, Messy, Muddle, Middle-Of-The-Road

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

- Harold Wilson

Funny, Optimist, Who, Carries

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

- Harold Wilson

Sleep, Prime, Minister, Successful

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

- Harold Wilson

Chance, Everybody, Equal, Flying

This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

- Harold Wilson

Party, Moral, Nothing, Crusade

A week is a long time in politics.

- Harold Wilson

Time, Week, Long Time, Politics

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