Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.
Meaning of the quote
Marxism is like a beautiful old building from the Renaissance era, but it cannot grow or change with the times. Just like that old building, Marxism has a certain charm and appeal, but it's not able to adapt and improve as the world around it changes. The ideas and principles of Marxism are set in stone, making it unable to evolve and keep up with the modern world.
About Harold MacMillan
Harold MacMillan was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963. He was known for his pragmatism, wit, and unflappability. MacMillan had a distinguished political career, rising to high office during WWII and later serving as Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer before becoming Prime Minister.
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It is the duty of Her Majesty’s government neither to flap nor to falter.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
If you don’t believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don’t think it’s enough.
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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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We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.
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Once the bear’s hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
At home, you always have to be a politician; when you’re abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
It’s no use crying over spilt summits.
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Britain’s most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the original ideas is sound.
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A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
To be alive at all involves some risk.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
Power? It’s like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
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.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963
No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963