There is no security for any power unless it be a security in which its neighbours have an equal share.

An understanding is perhaps better than an alliance, which may stereotype arrangements which cannot be regarded as permanent in view of the changing circumstances from day to day.

I believe the only way you can make sure that submarines will not be abused in future wars is that there should be no submarines.

There is no security for any power unless it be a security in which its neighbours have an equal share.

The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy.

I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss.

I am getting to an age when I can only enjoy the last sport left. It is called hunting for your spectacles.