When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

Quote by Harold Macmillan

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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.

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...

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

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.

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,...

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 have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

Successful politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease,...

Successful politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease,...

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.