He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones."

Communism continued to haunt Europe as a spectre - a name men gave to their own fears and blunders. But the crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the spectre of Communism.

Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914. . .

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment -- and nothing more corrupting.

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.