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A week is a long time in politics.

— Harold Wilson Attributed Possibly misattributed; according to Nigel Rees in Brewster's Quotations (1994)

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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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