It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.

Being attacked by him is like being savaged by a dead sheep.

Mrs Thatcher tells us she has given the French President a piece of her mind... not a gift I would receive with alacrity.

Unless you understand the history of a situation, you can't ever hope to solve problems.

Karl Marx himself preferred a glass of claret to the mug of tea affected by some of his recent converts.

War inside countries is all too common.

An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers.