Harold Wilson

Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSSwas a British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 March 1916
acceptance offered terms whatever
Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
acceptance unconditional-love wind
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.
change life-changing acceptance
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
concerned gave hard offense played points
We got out of it early, and we just couldn't recover. I'm not really that concerned about how many points we gave up. We played hard on defense. Our offense wasn't clicking.
abroad cent less per pocket pound purse terms worth
From now the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. It does not mean, of course, that the pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
asked door drill epa harris phil pour report saw side telling three walk watched
On one side was contaminated and on our side (it) is absolutely. Oil, gas, anything -- I watched them walk out the back door and pour it out. I asked SCI to go over there and drill and they said no, they could only drill three holes. I saw the report from the EPA and I called Phil Harris (sic) and said, 'You're not telling the truth!'
allow support
My friend, we don't support savages, we just allow them to come to our meetings,
affected breathing six
When they tore that (gas station) down about six years ago, it affected my breathing for weeks.
funny
I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.
This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
everybody represent wants
Everybody wants to be here. We made it and we wanted to represent as well as we could. Unfortunately, we didn't come up big enough offensively tonight.
bring game happy played
We did not bring our A game on offense. I was happy with how we played on defense.
proposes view
What he proposes is, in my view ... unacceptable.
age age-and-aging balloon gotten pin send
You don't send a balloon up and then put a pin in it. He's gotten to the age where he should think about retiring.