People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.

The stupidity of a stupid man is exercised in a restricted field; the stupidity of an intelligent man has a much wider diffusion, and a far greater effect, aided as it is by the element of surprise.

British education is probably the best in the world, if you can survive it. If you can't there is nothing left for you but the diplomatic corps.

The young need old men. They need men who are not ashamed of age, not pathetic imitations of themselves. ... Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.

Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year?

At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.