Harold MacMillan

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#cliche #forever #indiscretion #poised

I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#ever #experience #found #i #ignorance

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

— Harold MacMillan

#comfort #conflicting #fact #find #great

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

— Harold MacMillan

#ike #kennedy #other #round #son

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#british #british government #brought #determined #down

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

#certainly #get #people #politicians #purpose

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

#better #decency #decent #enough #god

In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#experience #find #i #kind #long

It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#falter #flap #government #her #majesty

It's no use crying over spilt summits. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#over #spilt #summits #use