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

Quote by Harold Macmillan

Topics: Harold Macmillan Quotes

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.

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...

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

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.

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 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...

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...

Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.

Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...