It's no use crying over spilt summits. Harold MacMillan More Quotes by Harold MacMillan More Quotes From Harold MacMillan After long experience of politics, I have never found that there is any inhibition caused by ignorance as regards criticism. Harold MacMillan politicalignorancelong 90% of what we did the Press didn't know about, and 90% of what they did know about they got wrong. Harold MacMillan pressesknows 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 catholicchallengesmen Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there. Harold MacMillan fruitpowersea It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter. Harold MacMillan majestydutygovernment We do not intend to part from the Americans and we do not intend to be satellites. I am sure they do not want us to be so. The stronger we are, the better partners we shall be; and I feel certain that as the months pass we shall draw continually closer together with mutual confidence and respect. Harold MacMillan strongertogetherwant No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs. Harold MacMillan affairsleepmen There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch. Harold MacMillan triggerssafetymight One nanny said, "Feed a cold"; she was a neo-Keynesian. Another nanny said, "Starve a cold"; she was a monetarist. Harold MacMillan nannieseconomicscold Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth. Harold MacMillan renaissancegrowthbeautiful I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting. Harold MacMillan comfortnumbersfacts I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy. Harold MacMillan roundswayson At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman. Harold MacMillan politicianpoliticshome Stop-Go seemed more sensiblr than using the brake and accelerator at the same time - a practice that later became fashionable. Harold MacMillan brakeeconomicspractice 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. Harold MacMillan politicalsuccessfultelevision 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 majestydonepast He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion. Harold MacMillan betweenheclicheforever In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts. Harold MacMillan nobodymanexperiencelong
