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

Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

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

If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when they went round crying for a hero.

The Foreign Office knows no secrets.

Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.