Harold MacMillan
Harold MacMillan
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRSwas a British Conservative politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 19 October 1963. Nicknamed "Supermac," he was known for his pragmatism, wit and unflappability...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth10 February 1894
tea storm paper
It was a storm in a tea cup, but in politics we sail in paper boats.
people greek virtue
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.
safety might triggers
There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
bees roles dinosaurs
Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.
fool said has-beens
It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool
fall going-away actors
When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
fear party life-and-death
Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
ideas mixtures politics
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.
beautiful growth renaissance
Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.
risk trying alive
To be alive at all involves some risk.
believe thinking atheism
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.
agreement matter negotiation
I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.
nannies cold economics
One nanny said, "Feed a cold"; she was a neo-Keynesian. Another nanny said, "Starve a cold"; she was a monetarist.
forever may cliche
A Foreign Secretaryand this applies also to a prospective Foreign Secretaryis always faced with this cruel dilemma. Nothing he can say can do very much good, and almost anything he may say may do a great deal of harm. Anything he says that is not obvious is dangerous; whatever is not trite is risky. He is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.