Lucidity of speech is unquestionably one of the surest tests of mental precision...In my experience a confused talker is never a clear thinker.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

The government are behaving like a bevy of maiden aunts who have fallen among buccaneers.

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.

If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.

He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.

Neville [Chamberlain] has a retail mind in a wholesale business.