If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting - and whether or not we leaders agree.

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.

A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead.

There 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.

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.