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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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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.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
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I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn't mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.
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It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
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