No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

Quote by Harold Macmillan

Topics: Harold Macmillan Quotes

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 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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

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...

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

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...

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.

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...

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

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...

To be alive at all involves some risk.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is...

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is...

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...

Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.

Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.