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Harold Macmillan Quotes: "Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa."

Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact."

The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.




Harold Macmillan Quotes: "Most of our people have never had it so good."

Most of our people have never had it so good.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "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 up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool."

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 up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.




Harold Macmillan Quotes: "I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement."

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set."

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "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 Quotes: "History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today."

History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "I'd like that translated, if I may."

I'd like that translated, if I may.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "The only quality needed for an MP is the ability to write a good letter."

The only quality needed for an MP is the ability to write a good letter.



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 Quotes: "Jaw-jaw is better than war-war."

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.




Harold Macmillan Quotes: "We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts."

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "To be alive at all involves some risk."

To be alive at all involves some risk.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living."

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "After a long life I have come to the conclusion that when all the Establishment is united it is always wrong."

After a long life I have come to the conclusion that when all the Establishment is united it is always wrong.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "Churchill was fundamentally what the English call unstable - by which they mean anybody who has that touch of genius which is inconvenient in normal times."

Churchill was fundamentally what the English call unstable - by which they mean anybody who has that touch of genius which is inconvenient in normal times.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "I am MacWonder one moment and MacBlunder the next."

I am MacWonder one moment and MacBlunder the next.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "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 Quotes: "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 is sound."

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 is sound.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "90% of what we did the Press didn't know about, and 90% of what they did know about they got wrong."

90% of what we did the Press didn't know about, and 90% of what they did know about they got wrong.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "It is a good thing to be laughed at. It is better than to be ignored."

It is a good thing to be laughed at. It is better than to be ignored.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "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 Quotes: "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 Quotes: "You will find the Americans much as the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also more idle, with more unspoiled virtues but also more corrupt."

You will find the Americans much as the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also more idle, with more unspoiled virtues but also more corrupt.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "One nanny said, "Feed a cold"; she was a neo-Keynesian. Another nanny said, "Starve a cold"; she was a monetarist."

One nanny said, "Feed a cold"; she was a neo-Keynesian. Another nanny said, "Starve a cold"; she was a monetarist.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool"

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians."

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch."

There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur."

Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "It was a storm in a tea cup, but in politics we sail in paper boats."

It was a storm in a tea cup, but in politics we sail in paper boats.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs."

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "It's no use crying over spilt summits."

It's no use crying over spilt summits.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion."

(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers"

There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps."

Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "It isn't those who always addressing each other as comrade who necessarily show the most brotherly feelings."

It isn't those who always addressing each other as comrade who necessarily show the most brotherly feelings.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "He (Aneurin Bevan) enjoys prophesying the imminent fall of the capitalist system, and is prepared to play a part, any part, in its burial, except that of mute."

He (Aneurin Bevan) enjoys prophesying the imminent fall of the capitalist system, and is prepared to play a part, any part, in its burial, except that of mute.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "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 Quotes: "After long experience of politics, I have never found that there is any inhibition caused by ignorance as regards criticism."

After long experience of politics, I have never found that there is any inhibition caused by ignorance as regards criticism.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth."

Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.



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."

You can hardly say boo to a goose in the House of Commons now without cries of "Ungentlemanly," "Not fair" and all the rest.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "We believe that unless we give opportunity to the strong and able, we shall never have the means to provide real protection for the weak and the old."

We believe that unless we give opportunity to the strong and able, we shall never have the means to provide real protection for the weak and the old.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "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 Quotes: "I have never found criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance."

I have never found criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "Revolt by all means, but only on one issue at a time. To do more would be to confuse the whips."

Revolt by all means, but only on one issue at a time. To do more would be to confuse the whips.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "Stop-Go seemed more sensiblr than using the brake and accelerator at the same time - a practice that later became fashionable."

Stop-Go seemed more sensiblr than using the brake and accelerator at the same time - a practice that later became fashionable.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "If ever the call comes to them, the young will go straight from the ranks of the neutralists into the ranks of he Majesty's Forces, as they have so often done in the past."

If ever the call comes to them, the young will go straight from the ranks of the neutralists into the ranks of he Majesty's Forces, as they have so often done in the past.



Harold Macmillan Quotes: "A successful current affairs television show seems to be more and more a cross between a music hall turn and a scene in a torture chamber."

A successful current affairs television show seems to be more and more a cross between a music hall turn and a scene in a torture chamber.