(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.

Stop-Go seemed more sensiblr than using the brake and accelerator at the same time - a practice that later became fashionable.

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

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

History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

A successful current affairs television show seems to be more and more a cross between a music hall turn and a scene in a torture chamber.