It is remarkable that Lord Esher should be so much astray...We must conclude that an uncontrollable fondness for fiction forbade him to forsake it for fact. Such constancy is a defect in an historian.

There is not one single social or economic principle or concept in the philosophy of the Russian Bolshevik which has not been realized, carried into action, and enshrined in immutable laws a million years ago by the white ant.

I liked wine, both red and white, and especially Champagne; and on very special occasions I could even drink a small glass of brandy.

The substitution of the internal combustion engine for the horse marked a very gloomy milestone in the progress of mankind.

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Have no fear of the future. Let us go forward into its mysteries, tear away the veils which hide it from our eyes, and move onwards with confidence and courage.

Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.