The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative.

The Chinese said of themselves several thousand years ago: China is a sea that salts all the waters that flow into it. Theres another Chinese saying about their country which is much more modernit dates only from the fourth century. This is the saying: The tail of China is large and will not be wagged. I like that one. The British democracy approves the principles of movable party heads and unwaggable national tails. It is due to the working of these important forces that I have the honour to be addressing you at this moment.

There but for the grace of God, goes God.

Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts .... We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box.

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

There is no surer method of economizing and saving money than in the reduction of the number of officials.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.