I do not admire people who are wise after the event. I would rather be impaled on the other horn of the dilemma and be called one of the "I told you so's."

It is pretty tough to reshape human society in an after-dinner speech.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

The stern compression of circumstances, the twinges of adversity, the spur of slights and taunts in early years, are needed to evoke that ruthless fixity of purpose and tenacious wit without which great actions are seldom accomplished.

The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.