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

Do not be afraid of taking a big step-you cannot cross a chasm in two steps.

One cannot cross an abyss in two jumps.

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

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

Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.

It is either Christ or chaos.