There are plenty of good ideas, if only they can be backed with the power of action.

I like a man who grins when he fights.

An aphorism is not an aphorism unless you know what it means.

You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

Nobody wants to intervene in Russian affairs. Russia is a very large country, a very old country, a very disagreeable country inhabited by immense numbers of ignorant people largely possessed of lethal weapons and in a state of extreme disorder. Also Russia is a long way off.

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

When I'm in office I always keep Members of Parliament talking. If they stopped they might start thinking.