The job

"The office of the Prime Minister is what the holder chooses and is able to make of it." Herbert Asquith

"Interesting work. Fine town house. Nice place in the country. Servants. Plenty of foreing travel. I would not give it up if I were you." Harold Macmillan to James Callaghan

"There are three classes which needs sanctuary more than others - birds, wild flowers and Prime Ministers." Stanley Baldwin

"There are two supreme pleasures in life. One is ideal, the other real. The ideal is when a man receives the seals of office from his Sovereign. The real pleasure comes when he hands them back." Earl of Rosebery

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