Harold MacMillan Quotes About Politics

Quotes about: Politics

• It was a storm in a tea cup, but in politics we sail in paper boats.

  Harold MacMillan

  Tea, Storm, Paper

• After long experience of politics, I have never found that there is any inhibition caused by ignorance as regards criticism.

  Harold MacMillan

  Ignorance, Long, Political

  Hansard 11 July 1963, col. 1411

• A successful current affairs television show seems to be more and more a cross between a music hall turn and a scene in a torture chamber.

  Harold MacMillan

  Successful, Political, Television

• The only quality needed for an MP is the ability to write a good letter.

  Harold MacMillan

  Writing, Mps, Political

• Revolt by all means, but only on one issue at a time. To do more would be to confuse the whips.

  Harold MacMillan

  Mean, Issues, Political

• You can hardly say boo to a goose in the House of Commons now without cries of "Ungentlemanly," "Not fair" and all the rest.

  Harold MacMillan

  House, Politics, Cry

• As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the original ideas is sound.

  Harold MacMillan

  Ideas, Sound, Usual

  Speech to London Conservatives, 7 Mar. 1961, in The Times 8 Mar. 1961

• At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

  Harold MacMillan

  Home, Politics, Politician

  1958 Speech during the first visit of a British Prime Minister to Australia,17 Feb.

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