The great thing about history is that it is adaptable.

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.

I can never forgive God for having invented the French

I'm Rally of Unionist Separist Extremes, sometimes known as the R.U.S.E. … It's the party at present in power.

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.

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?

The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.