The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.

I do not hold that we should rearm in order to fight. I hold that we should rearm in order to parley.

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

And what a plan! This vast operation is undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever occurred.

I was shown a picture by Cézanne of a blank wall of a house, which he had made instinct with the most delicate lights and colours.

The further back I look, the further forward I can see.

The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.