At home, you always have to be a politician; when you’re abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman. – Harold MacMillan
Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living. – 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
We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts. – Harold MacMillan
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. – Harold MacMillan
I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts. – Harold MacMillan
There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch. – Harold MacMillan
It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool. – Harold MacMillan
In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts. – Harold MacMillan
Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth. – 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
I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting. – Harold MacMillan
I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance. – Harold MacMillan
