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We have taken steps which have not been taken by any other democratic government in the world. We are taking steps with regard to prices and wages which no other government, even in wartime, has taken.

— Harold Wilson Prime Minister (1964)

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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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