Harold Wilson

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.

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

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

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

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

A week is a long time in politics.

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

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

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

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

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

The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.

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

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 progress is the cemetery.