Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.

Quote by Harold Macmillan

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

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,...

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

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...

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

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

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

To be alive at all involves some risk.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him...

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him...

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and...

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and...

Go for someone who is not only proud to have you, but will also take...

Go for someone who is not only proud to have you, but will also take...