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

When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

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

It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.

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.

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.