It's no use crying over spilt summits.

Quote by Harold Macmillan

Topics: Harold Macmillan Quotes

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

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

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...

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.

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...

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

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...

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

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...

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...

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...

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...

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

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...

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...

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.

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.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

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.