History Is Apt To Judge Harshly Those

We Do Not Intend To Part From The Americans And We Do Not Intend To Be Satellites. I Am Sure They Do Not Want Us To Be So. The Stronger We Are, The Better Partners We Shall Be; And I Feel Certain That As The Months Pass We Shall Draw Continually Closer Together With Mutual Confidence And Respect.

If Ever The Call Comes To Them, The Young Will Go Straight From The Ranks Of The Neutralists Into The Ranks Of He Majesty's Forces, As They Have So Often Done In The Past.

Once The Bear's Hug Has Got You, It Is Apt To Be For Keeps.

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.

After Long Experience Of Politics, I Have Never Found That There Is Any Inhibition Caused By Ignorance As Regards Criticism.