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.

The future comes one day at a time [so don't fear and try to solve all the worries and problems of the future today].

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

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

You can't argue with a river, it isgoing to flow.You can dam it up?put it to useful purposes?deflect it, but you can't argue with it.

Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.