Harold MacMillan Men Quotations

Although I am still in favour of a National Government in these difficult times, and shall probably be found in the great majority of cases in the Government Lobby, there are some issues that have arisen, or are likely to arise, upon which I am unable to give the Government the support which it has, perhaps, the right to expect from those receiving the Government Whip. It occurs to me, therefore, that it would perhaps be more satisfactory if I was no longer regarded as being among the supporters of the present Administration.

Churchill was fundamentally what the English call unstable - by which they mean anybody who has that touch of genius which is inconvenient in normal times.

There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.

I am MacWonder one moment and MacBlunder the next.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

After a long life I have come to the conclusion that when all the Establishment is united it is always wrong.

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

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.