I am sorry to have made such a long speech, but I did not have time to write a shorter one.

Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.

The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man.

Never let a good crisis go to waste

Democracy is an awful way to run a country, but it's the best system we have.

Luckily ... there were Zulus and Afghans, also the Dervishes in the Soudan. Some of these might, if they were well-disposed, 'put up a show' some day.

I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. Trust the peoplethat was his message.