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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.


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



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Most of our people have never had it so good.



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



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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.



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



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