You will find the Americans much like the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also more idle, with more unspoiled virtues but also more corrupt

Quote by Harold Macmillan

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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...

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

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 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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

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...

In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be...

In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...