One would have thought that if there was one cause in the world which the Conservative party would have hastened to defend, it would be the cause of the British Empire in India ... Our fight is hard. It will also be long ... But win or lose, we must do our duty. If the British people are to lose their Indian Empire, they shall do so with their eyes open.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

One time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he thought there was only "some kind of velvety cool blackness," adding then: "Of course, I admit I may be wrong. It is conceivable that I might well be reborn as a Chinese coolie. In such case I should lodge a protest."

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.

He looks like a female llama who has been surprised in the bath.

My mother made a brilliant impression upon my childhood life. She shone for me like the evening star.

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.