Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears, prejudices, misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary.

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

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

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

The nations slithered over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war without any trace of apprehension or dismay... The nations backed their machines over the precipice not one of them wanted war, certainly not on this scale

Aristrocracy is like cheese. The older it is the higher it becomes.