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> [Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/power-it-s-like-a-dead-sea-fruit-when-you-achieve-it-there-is-nothing/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

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## More by Harold MacMillan

> [Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/marxism-is-like-a-classical-building-that-followed-the-renaissance/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [A successful current affairs television show seems to be more and more a cross between a music hall turn and a scene in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/a-successful-current-affairs-television-show-seems-to-be-more-and/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/no-man-should-ever-lose-sleep-over-public-affairs/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/there-might-be-1-finger-on-the-trigger-but-there-will-be-15-fingers/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/i-was-a-sort-of-son-to-ike-and-it-was-the-other-way-round-with-kennedy/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [You will find the Americans much like the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/you-will-find-the-americans-much-like-the-greeks-found-the-romans/)

[Harold Macmillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [Churchill was fundamentally what the English call unstable - by which they mean anybody who has that touch of genius which is inconvenient in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/churchill-was-fundamentally-what-the-english-call-unstable-by-which/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [He (Aneurin Bevan) enjoys prophesying the imminent fall of the capitalist system, and is prepared to play a part, any part, in its burial,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/he-aneurin-bevan-enjoys-prophesying-the-imminent-fall-of-the/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/a-foreign-secretary-is-forever-poised-between-the-cliche-and-the/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [A Foreign Secretaryand this applies also to a prospective Foreign Secretaryis always faced with this cruel dilemma. Nothing he can say can do very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/a-foreign-secretaryand-this-applies-also-to-a-prospective-foreign/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/britain-s-most-useful-role-is-somewhere-between-bee-and-dinosaur/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/there-are-three-bodies-no-sensible-man-directly-challenges-the-roman/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [It is a good thing to be laughed at. It is better than to be ignored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/it-is-a-good-thing-to-be-laughed-at-it-is-better-than-to-be-ignored/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [After a long life I have come to the conclusion that when all the Establishment is united it is always wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/after-a-long-life-i-have-come-to-the-conclusion-that-when-all-the/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

> [Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-macmillan/once-the-bear-s-hug-has-got-you-it-is-apt-to-be-for-keeps/)

[Harold MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-macmillan/)

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