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.

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

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

Two days in this city is worth two months in New York.

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.

When people meet my wife they think better of me. They say: "With a wife like that, he can't be as bad as we thought".

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