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No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.
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It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
Harold MacMillan
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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
Harold MacMillan
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If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.
Harold MacMillan
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.
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We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.
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Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
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Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.
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I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy.
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