I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong...not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of.

The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country.

'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

All I want is compliance with my wishes, after reasonable discussion.

My hope is that the generous instincts of unity will not depart from us...[so that we] become the prey of the little folk who exist in every country and who frolic alongside the Juggernaut car of war to see what fun or notoriety they can extract from the proceedings.

It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture.

No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.