Author: Harold MacMillan

Quotes

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

- Harold MacMillan

It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.

It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.

- Harold MacMillan

I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.

I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.

- Harold MacMillan

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

- Harold MacMillan

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 think it's enough.

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 think it's enough.

- Harold MacMillan

I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting.

I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting.

- Harold MacMillan

Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.

Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.

- Harold MacMillan

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

- Harold MacMillan

When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

- Harold MacMillan

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