List of Malcolm Muggeridge Quotes

It's A Sad Thing About Politics That Most People Get Power Too Late, In That They Differ From Ladies Of Easy Virtue Who Get Their Pleasures Too Early.

Civilization - A Heap Of Rubble Scavenged By Scrawny English Lit. Vultures.

I Have To Say That I Think That Anthony Eden Was Probably The Most Disastrous Prime Minister In Our History, And I Am Not Forgetting Lord North And A Few People Like That.

I Think Queen Elisabeth Ii Is A Charming Woman.

I Think That Harold Macmillan Is A Very Intelligent Man, Who, As So Often Happens In Politics, Achieved Supreme Power Too Late.

He Was Not Only A Bore; He Bored For England.

The Sputnik Is Just To Me Like A Firework, A Rocket, A New Invention.

The Monarchical Institution In England Is Immensely Valuable.

I Simply Make This Point, That The Monarchy In So Far, As It Is Identified With What Is, In My Opinion, An Obsolete Class Structure, Is Making A Mistake, And The Task Of Those Who Are Responsible For The Conduct Of The Monarchical Institution Is To Detach It From That Class Structure.

I Think That Any Person Who Is Commenting On Public Affairs Is Entitled To Point Out Those Dangers.

The English Have This Extraordianry Respect For Longevity. The Best Example Of This Was Queen Victoria, A Most Unpleasant Woman Who Achieved A Sort Of Public Affection Simply By Living To Be An Enormous Age.

I Wouldn't Have Said That Anthony Eden Was Equipped By Nature To Deal With The Situation In The World Today. I Would Have Said That He Was Portentous, Sincere, Honest And Rather Stupid.