It always looks so easy to solve problems by taking the line of least resistance.

...every offensive lost its force as it proceeded. It was like throwing a bucket of water over the floor. It first rushed forward, then soaked forward, and finally stopped altogether until another bucket could be brought.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Democracy is the best form of the worst type of government

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

Now that we are, as you say, 'in the same boat,' would it not be wise for us to have another conference ... and the sooner the better.

The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealways wins one battlethe last.