I Do Not Keep A Diary. Never

When We Look At The Astonishing Material Achievements Of The West. We See These Things As The Result, Not Of Compulsion Or Government Action Or The Superior Wisdom Of A Few, But Of That System Of Competition And Free Enterprise, Rewarding Success And Penalising Failure, Which Enables Every Individual To Participate By His Private Decisions In Shaping The Future Of His Society.

It Is Advertising That Enthrones The Customer As King. This Infuriates The Socialist...[it Is] The Crossing Of The Boundary Between West Berlin And East Berlin. It Is Checkpoint Charlie, Or Rather Checkpoint Douglas, The Transition From The World Of Choice And Freedom To The World Of Drab, Standard Uniformity.

You Have To Give The Electorate A Tune They Can Whistle.

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

I Do Not Know If The Doctrine That The Nation-state Arose In The 19th Century Was Still Being Taught:;... But It Is Erroneous. The Nation-state Reaches Back Far Into The Origins Of Europe Itself And Perhaps Beyond. If Europe Was Not Always A Europe Of Nations, It Was Always A Europe In Which Nations Existed, And Were Taken For Granted, As A Basic Form Of The State.