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

Quote by Harold Macmillan

Topics: Criticism Quotes, Ignorance Quotes

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel...

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel...

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

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

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

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

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

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is...

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is...

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

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

There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on...

There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on...

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a...

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a...

Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.

Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine...

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine...

When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are...

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are...

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency...

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency...

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

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

To be alive at all involves some risk.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

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

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

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time...

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time...

On account of us being a democracy and run by the people, we are the...

On account of us being a democracy and run by the people, we are the...

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.