The office of Prime Minister is what its holder chooses and is able to make of it. Herbert Asquith
We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other married couples they sometimes live apart. Saki (H H Munro)
No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary – not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn’t want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent. Margaret Thatcher
The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage. Aneurin Bevan
Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd. Margaret Thatcher
In the end we are all sacked and it’s always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers. Alan Clark
Headmasters have powers at their disposal with which Prime Ministers have never yet been invested. Winston Churchill.
The main essentials of a successful prime minister – sleep and a sense of history. Harold Wilson
A great Premier must add the vivacity of an idle man to the assiduity of a very laborious one. Walter Bagehot
Few thought he was even a starter.
There were many who thought themselves smarter.
But he ended PM, CH and OM,
An earl and a Knight of the Garter.
( Clement Attlee on his own political career).