Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.

- Anthony Eden

You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.

- Anthony Eden

I am one of a rare breed of true politicians who definitely say what they may or may not mean with absolute certainty.

- Anthony Eden

We are not at war with Egypt. We are in an armed conflict.

- Anthony Eden

Our quarrel is not with Egypt, still less with the Arab world. It is with Colonel Nasser. He has shown that he is not a man who can be trusted to kee…

- Anthony Eden

If you've broken the eggs, you should make the omelette.

- Anthony Eden

There is now doubt in our minds that Nasser, whether he likes it or not, is now effectively in Russian hands, just as Mussolini was in Hitler's. It w…

- Anthony Eden

The more the planners, the worse the plans.

- Anthony Eden

Nothing is more destructive of human dignity than a rule which imposes a mute and blind obedience.

- Anthony Eden