I Do Not Keep A Diary. Never

The Supreme Function Of Statesmanship Is To Provide Against Preventable Evils.

It Is One Of History's Most Mocking Ironies That The German Customs Union, Which Set Out To Dominate Europe And Conquer Britain In The Form Of Bismarckian Or Hitlerian Military Force, Has At Last Vanquished The Victor By Drawing Britain Into A Zollverein Which Comprises Western Europe And Aspires To Comprise The Mediterranean As Well. If The Ghosts Of The Hohenzollerns Come Back To Haunt This Planet, They Must Find A Lot To Laugh At.

I Refer To The Misunderstanding Of Soviet Russia As An Aggressive Power, Militaristically And Ideologically Bent Upon World Domination 'seeing', To Quote A Recent Speech Of The British Prime Minister, 'the Rest Of The World As Its Rightful Fiefdom.' How Any Rational Person, Viewing Objectively The History Of The Last Thirty-five Years, Could Entertain This 'international Misunderstanding' Challenges, If It Does Not Defeat, Comprehension. The Notion Has No Basis In Fact... If Russia Is Bent On World Conquest, She Has Been Remarkably Slothful And Remarkably Unsuccessful.

I Have Set And Always Will Set My Face Like Flint Against Making Any Difference Between One Citizen Of This Country And Another On Grounds Of His Origin.

I Would Sooner Receive Injustice In The Queen's Courts Than Justice In A Foreign Court. I Hold That Man Or Woman To Be A Scoundrel Who Goes Abroad To A Foreign Court To Have The Judgments Of The Queen's Courts Overturned, The Actions Of Her Government Countermanded Or The Legislation Of Parliament Struck Down.