A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.
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Harold MacMillan
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About Harold MacMillan
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Nicknamed "Supermac", he was known for his pragmatism, wit, and unflappability.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Harold MacMillanI have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
At home, you always have to be a politician when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.
In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.
I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.