What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.
Ernest BevinThere has been great excitement at the prospect that this atomic bomb or atomic energy is likely to produce great industrial energy very quickly, I do not believe it at all.
Ernest BevinForeign policy isn't something that is great and big, it's common sense and humanity as it applies to my affairs and yours.
Ernest Bevin