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

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...

To be alive at all involves some risk.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

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...

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...

As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of...

As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none 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...

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...

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 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...

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

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...

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...

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

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 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.

Don't pay any attention to the critics-don't even ignore them.

Don't pay any attention to the critics-don't even ignore them.

Some criticize to help you be better. Some criticize just to bring you down. Know...

Some criticize to help you be better. Some criticize just to bring you down. Know...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.