All Harold MacMillan Quotes
- You can hardly say boo to a goose in the House of Commons now without cries of "Ungentlemanly," "Not fair" and all the rest. All
- A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts. Annoying
- It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow… Been
- Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps. Apt
- When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away. Actor
- To be alive at all involves some risk. Alive
- If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't… All
- Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth. Beautiful
- There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch. Catch
- We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts. Divine
- As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the original… Ideas
- (A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion. Cliche
- At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman. Abroad
- Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur. Bee
- I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting. Always Conflicting
- I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy. Inspirational
- It's no use crying over spilt summits. Cry
- Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set. Cocktail
- Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa. Future
- After long experience of politics, I have never found that there is any inhibition caused by ignorance as regards criticism. Any