Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

If you don't take change by the hand, it will take you by the throat.

The world, nature, human beings, do not move like machines. The edges are never clear-cut, but always frayed. Nature never draws a line without smudging it.

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

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been

We need to be strong in order to avoid war; and to win. A politician looks forward only to the next election. A statesman looks forward to the next generation. Any person who is over 30 and is not a conservative, has no brains.