The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

No man comes out of his own memorandum of conversation looking second best.

With a nation, as with a boxer, one of the greatest assurances of safety is to add reach to power.

Great Britain has lost an Empire and not yet found a role. The attempt to playa separate power rolethat is, a role apart from Europe, based on a special relationship with the United States, on being the head of the Commonwealthis about to be played out. Her Majesty's Government is now attempting, wisely in my opinion, to re-enter Europe.

Charm never made a rooster.

I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination. People say, If the Congress were more representative of the people it would be better. I say the Congress is too damn representative. It's just as stupid as the people are; just as uneducated, just as dumb, just as selfish.