It Was A Storm In A Tea

I Read A Great Number Of Press Reports And Find Comfort In The Fact That They Are Nearly Always Conflicting.

It Has Been Said That There Is No Fool Like An Old Fool

Jaw-jaw Is Better Than War-war.

90% Of What We Did The Press Didn't Know About, And 90% Of What They Did Know About They Got Wrong.

A Foreign Secretaryand This Applies Also To A Prospective Foreign Secretaryis Always Faced With This Cruel Dilemma. Nothing He Can Say Can Do Very Much Good, And Almost Anything He May Say May Do A Great Deal Of Harm. Anything He Says That Is Not Obvious Is Dangerous; Whatever Is Not Trite Is Risky. He Is Forever Poised Between The Cliche And The Indiscretion.