Harold MacMillan People Quotations

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.

Lets be frank about it; most of our people have never had it so good

It is, of course, a trite observation to say that we live "in a period of transition." Many people have said this at many times. Adam may well have made the remark to Eve on leaving the Garden of Eden.

You will find the Americans much as 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.

Most of our people have never had it so good.

Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.

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