We do not intend to part from the Americans and we do not intend to be satellites. I am sure they do not want us to be so. The stronger we are, the b….

Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth..

It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter..

One nanny said, "Feed a cold"; she was a neo-Keynesian. Another nanny said, "Starve a cold"; she was a monetarist..

It is a good thing to be laughed at. It is better than to be ignored..

90% of what we did the Press didn't know about, and 90% of what they did know about they got wrong..

Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps..

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool.

I'd like that translated, if I may..

Most of our people have never had it so good..

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts..

After long experience of politics, I have never found that there is any inhibition caused by ignorance as regards criticism..

You can hardly say boo to a goose in the House of Commons now without cries of "Ungentlemanly," "Not fair" and all the rest..

To be alive at all involves some risk..

Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there..

I am MacWonder one moment and MacBlunder the next..

I will not be able to carry the physical burden of leading the Party at the next general election. I hope it will soon be possible for the customary ….

You will find the Americans much as the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also more idle, wi….

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts..

(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion..

It's no use crying over spilt summits..