Quotes of Harold Macmillan - somelinesforyou

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

- Harold Macmillan

“ To be alive at all involves some risk. ”

- Harold Macmillan

“ Jaw-jaw is better than war-war. ”

- 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. ”

- Harold Macmillan

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

- Harold Macmillan

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

- Harold Macmillan

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

- Harold Macmillan

“ I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy. ”

- Harold Macmillan

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

- Harold Macmillan

“ It's no use crying over spilt summits. ”

- Harold Macmillan

“ 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

“ Jaw-jaw is better than war-war. ”

- Harold Macmillan

“ I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy. ”

- Harold Macmillan

“ Jaw-jaw is better than war-war. ”

- Harold Macmillan

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

- Harold Macmillan

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

- Harold Macmillan

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

- Harold Macmillan

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

- Harold Macmillan

“ Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set. ”

- Harold Macmillan

“ He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion. ”

- Harold Macmillan

“ Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set. ”

- Harold Macmillan

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

- Harold Macmillan

“ Jaw-jaw is better than war-war. ”

- Harold Macmillan

“ 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

“ He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion. ”

- Harold Macmillan

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

- Harold Macmillan

“ Jaw-jaw is better than war-war. ”

- Harold Macmillan

“ 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

“ 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

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

- Harold Macmillan
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