What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?

- Lord Mountbatten

The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.

- Lord Mountbatten

The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.

- Lord Mountbatten

Do you really think the IRA would think me a worthwhile target ?

- Lord Mountbatten

It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.

- Lord Mountbatten

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

- Lord Mountbatten

Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory.

- Lord Mountbatten

My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.

- Lord Mountbatten

Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.

- Lord Mountbatten