(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.

Quote by Harold Macmillan

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that...

I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that...

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...

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.

Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.

You will find the Americans much like the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar,...

You will find the Americans much like the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar,...

Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves were dead and...

Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves were dead and...

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as...

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

Relationships are hard. It's like a full-time job, and we should treat it like one....

Relationships are hard. It's like a full-time job, and we should treat it like one....

Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

Society is no comfort to one not sociable.