Harold Macmillan quotes

" No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. " # Marriage

" I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance. " # Critics and Criticism

" We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts. " # Experts # Love # Kings

" Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set. " # Funerals # Freedom # Power

" Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth. " # Marxism # Books - Classics # Growth

" Jaw-jaw is better than war-war. " # Negotiation

" 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. " # Atheism # God # Happiness

" 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. " # Politicians and Politics # Ideas # Liberals

" At home you always have to be a politician. When you're abroad you almost feel yourself a statesman. " # Politicians and Politics # Travel and Tourism # War

" Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there. " # Power # Death and Dying # Love