I calculate that I was responsible for proposing the elevation to the Lords of some 214 of its present numbers.

How thin is the crust of order over the fires of human appetite and the lust for naked power.

I want to get totally rid of class distinction. As someone put it one of the papers this morning: Marks and Spencer have triumphed over Karl Marx and Engels.

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

If we are safe today, it is because America has stood with us. If we are to remain safe tomorrow, it will be because America remains powerful and self-confident. When, therefore, the Americans face difficulties, we need to say to them more clearly: We are with you.

I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.

A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.