Two temptations that impair the value of their work inevitably beset public men who write memoirs. One is a tendency to reconstruct the past to suit ….

The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime..

The ideal Government minister may well be someone who has no itch to run other people's lives..

I am getting to an age when I can only enjoy the last sport left. It is called hunting for your spectacles..

Nations are always making mistakes because they do not understand each other's psychology..

An understanding is perhaps better than an alliance, which may stereotype arrangements which cannot be regarded as permanent in view of the changing ….

The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy..

I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the G….

If the union between England and America is a powerful factor in the cause of peace, a new Triple Alliance between the Teutonic race and the two bran….

The Chancellor also in effect asks us to bargain away whatever obligation or interest we have as regards the neutrality of Belgium. We could not ente….

The time must come to all of us, who live long, when memory is more than prospect. An angler who has reached this stage and reviews the pleasure of l….

I had furthermore spoken on the assumption that Russia would mobilize, whereas the assumption of the German Government had hitherto been, officially,….

The internal peace of every country depends upon the knowledge that force is available to uphold law..

There is no security for any power unless it be a security in which its neighbours have an equal share..

I believe the only way you can make sure that submarines will not be abused in future wars is that there should be no submarines..