He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

Quote by Harold Macmillan

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

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

To be alive at all involves some risk.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

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...

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

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.

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.

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.

Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but...

Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but...

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...

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

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...

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been