No Man Should Ever Lose Sleep Over

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.

Too Many People Live Too Much In The Past. The Past Must Be A Springboard, Not A Sofa.

We Have Not Overthrown The Divine Right Of Kings To Fall Down For The Divine Right Of Experts.

Tradition Does Not Mean That The Living Are Dead, It Means That The Dead Are Living.

Although I Am Still In Favour Of A National Government In These Difficult Times, And Shall Probably Be Found In The Great Majority Of Cases In The Government Lobby, There Are Some Issues That Have Arisen, Or Are Likely To Arise, Upon Which I Am Unable To Give The Government The Support Which It Has, Perhaps, The Right To Expect From Those Receiving The Government Whip. It Occurs To Me, Therefore, That It Would Perhaps Be More Satisfactory If I Was No Longer Regarded As Being Among The Supporters Of The Present Administration.