One thing about bureaucrats is that they never swallow their young. Leave them alone and you'll find them increasing every year.

In all my life I have treated the press with marked contempt and remarkable success.

One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions.

Modern history is, as you all know, full of examples of great movements that disappeared because they had ceased to have any genuine reason for existence. The important thing is to have a faith to live by, and that goes for us in this party.

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

A manager may be tough and practical, squeezing out, while the going is good, the last ounce of profit and dividend . . .

We took the name 'Liberal' because we were determined to be a progressive party, willing to make experiments, in no sense reactionary but believing in the individual, his rights, and his enterprise, and rejecting the socialist panacea.