Harold MacMillan Quotes
I have never found, in a long experience in politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
Earl of Stockton
Harold Macmillan, 1894-1986, British Prime Minister (Conservative), Quoted in The Wall Street Journal, August 13, 1963
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The senator was participating in a televised hearing on nightclub and restaurant taxes, during which the expensive and famous 21 Club was discussed. The senator referred to it as the "22 Club" and the "23 Club." A friend asked him about his errors recalling that they had dined together at the 21 Club many times:
Roosevelt promoted Eisenhower over more than 300 more senior generals and put him in charge of the American Forces invading North Africa—the first American combat in the war. In addition to commanding the American forces, he was also responsible for dealing with many leading politicians from Winston Churchill to the very difficult French General Charles De Gaulle. That is why Eisenhower was picked, and a brilliant pick it was.
Assessing Homer Lea, 1876-1912, the American Mercenary and Political Advisor to China: Vladimir Lenin
Referring to the Bush administration:
As this quotation illustrates each generation tends to claim that the political and societal critics and pundits have deteriorated in their wisdom and, analysis, and intellect.
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1957 to 1963. Caricatured as "Supermac", he was known for his pragmatism, wit and unflappability.
