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

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.

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

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

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.

If you open that Pandora's Box you never know what Trojan 'orses will jump out.

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.