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I have never been emotionally a Europe man. I have been and remain fundamentally a Commonwealth man. I therefore cannot ignore the fact that the vast majority of Commonwealth countries now want Britain to stay in.

— Harold Wilson Prime Minister (1974)

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

Prime Minister (1964)

This party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

I've been wading in shit for three months to allow others to indulge their conscience [on the EEC].

Leader of the Opposition (1970)

I have always said about Tony [Benn] that he immatures with age.

Overseas anti-democratic forces have conspired for years to undermine the political position of individuals and parties who have opposed apartheid.

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