At home, you always have to be a politician when youre abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman. – Harold MacMillan
It is the duty of Her Majestys government neither to flap nor to falter. – Harold MacMillan

At home, you always have to be a politician when youre abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman. – Harold MacMillan
It is the duty of Her Majestys government neither to flap nor to falter. – Harold MacMillan
I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts. – Harold MacMillan
Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set. – Harold MacMillan
The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for engineering companies, and thats where I found my material, in the everyday struggle between capitalism and grace. Being broke and tired, you dont come home your best self. – George Saunders
Im not a good father and theyre not children any more the eldest is in his fifties. My relationship with their mothers broke down and, because of what the law was, they went with their mothers and were imbued with their mothers morality in life and they were not my people any more. – Wilbur Smith