English - Politician | February 10, 1894 - December 29, 1986
Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
Harold MacMillan
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.
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Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.
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No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
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When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
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We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.
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Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.
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I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.
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He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.
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If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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