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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
Harold MacMillan
Safety
Will
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 what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
Harold MacMillan
First
Fool
Old
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.
Harold MacMillan
Mother
Wife
Man
Woman
No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
Harold MacMillan
Man
Public
Sleep
Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.
Harold MacMillan
Growth
Building
Marxism
At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
Harold MacMillan
Home
It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
Harold MacMillan
Government
Duty
To be alive at all involves some risk.
Harold MacMillan
Risk