(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers
It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool
Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.
After a long life I have come to the conclusion that when all the Establishment is united it is always wrong.