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 m…

- Harold Macmillan

He (Aneurin Bevan) enjoys prophesying the imminent fall of the capitalist system, and is prepared to play a part, any part, in its burial, except tha…

- Harold Macmillan

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

- Harold Macmillan

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.

- Harold Macmillan

The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.

- Harold Macmillan

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

- Harold Macmillan

History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.

- Harold Macmillan

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize wh…

- Harold Macmillan

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

- Harold Macmillan