Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.

Quote by Harold Macmillan

Topics: Harold Macmillan Quotes

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

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...

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.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.