The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Harold MacMillan
- Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
- A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.
- It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
- When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
- In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.
- There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
- Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
- I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
- No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
- Once the bear’s hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.
Harold Macmillan was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Born on February 10, 1894, in London, he was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He served in World War I, where he was wounded in battle.
A member of the Conservative Party, Macmillan held various ministerial positions before succeeding Anthony Eden as Prime Minister. His tenure was marked by economic growth, the decolonization of Africa, and the strengthening of the UK’s relationship with the United States. He famously declared that Britons had “never had it so good,” reflecting post-war prosperity.
Macmillan’s government faced challenges, including the Profumo scandal, which contributed to his resignation in 1963 due to health issues. He later became an elder statesman and was made Earl of Stockton. He remains a key figure in 20th-century British politics for his leadership during a transformative era.
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