No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

The Foreign Office knows no secrets.

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

Manchester has everything but good looks..., the only place in England which escapes our characteristic vice of snobbery.