I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.

The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it is likely to make them even poorer in the - not so very - long run.

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

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

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.