To be alive at all involves some risk.

I am MacWonder one moment and MacBlunder the next.

It is, of course, a trite observation to say that we live "in a period of transition." Many people have said this at many times. Adam may well have made the remark to Eve on leaving the Garden of Eden.

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

We believe that unless we give opportunity to the strong and able, we shall never have the means to provide real protection for the weak and the old.

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.

You can hardly say boo to a goose in the House of Commons now without cries of "Ungentlemanly," "Not fair" and all the rest.