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.

Quote by Harold Wilson

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

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

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

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

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

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

A week is a long time in politics.

A week is a long time in politics.

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

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

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Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held...

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

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

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

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

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

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

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I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to...

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

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

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

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

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

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

A week is a long time in politics.

A week is a long time in politics.

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Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...

Politics are not the task of a Christian.

Politics are not the task of a Christian.

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Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what...