“The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.”

An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.

If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.

We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.

Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.

The real test of one’s belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one’s friends but of one’s enemies.

You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt

Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.

A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement

There is a denial of the value of the individual.

I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.

The press lives on disaster.

I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.

A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.

The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days

A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.

Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Our diplomacy ended up giving a bad conscience to an international community capable only of expressing noble sentiments while doing nothing.

When diplomacy ends, War begins.

Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘Nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.