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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
Harold Wilson
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Harold Wilson
Age: 79 †
Born: 1916
Born: March 11
Died: 1995
Died: May 24
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Statistician
James Harold Wilson
Lord Wilson
James Harold Wilson
Baron Wilson of Rievaulx
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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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The government have only a small majority in the House of Commons. I want to make it quite clear that this will not affect our ability to govern. Having been charged with the duties of Government we intend to carry out those duties.
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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister. Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.
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The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
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Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.
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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. I'm going on, and the Labour government's going on.
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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.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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.
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