The whole strength of England lies in the fact that the enormous majority of the English people are snobs.

It is said that every people has the Government it deserves. It is more to the point that every Government has the electorate it deserves; for the orator of the front bench can edify or debauch an ignorant electorate at will.

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.

If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat

I have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today. ... I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much-needed peace and happiness.

I have defined the hundred per cent American as ninety-nine per cent an idiot.

Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentlemen.