Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.
I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.
I never worry about action, but only inaction.
Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.
Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
Never, never, never give up.
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.
Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.
Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
History is written by the victors.
We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.