It was like a life-line to a sinking man. It seemed to bring hope where there was none. The generosity of it was beyond our belief.

There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented ... The common man, I think, is the great protection against war.

Foreign policy isn't something that is great and big, it's common sense and humanity as it applies to my affairs and yours.

Civilisation cannot survive if it rests on a propertyless proletariat.

It was like a life-line to a sinking man. It seemed to bring hope where there was none. The generosity of it was beyond our belief.

The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him.

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.