|
When
I am abroad I always make it a rule never to criticise or attack
the Government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am
at home. |
"A
sheep in sheep's clothing"
On Clement Atlee |
A
modest man, who has much to be modest about
On Clement Atlee |
"An
empty taxi arrived at 10 Downing Street, and when the door was
opened, Atlee got out"
On Clement Atlee |
"I
wish Stanley Baldwin no ill, but it would have been much better
if he had never lived"
On Stanley Baldwin |
"He
occasionally stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself
up and hurried on as if nothing had happened"
On Stanley Baldwin |
"He
looked at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal
drainpipe"
On Neville Chamberlain |
Lady
Astor to Churchill "Winston, if you were my husband I would
flavour your coffee with poison"
Churchill: "Madam, if I were your husband, I should drink it"
|
Bessie Braddock to Churchill "Winston, your drunk!"
Churchill: "Bessie, you're ugly, and tomorrow morning I shall be
sober" |
"What could you hope to achieve except to be sunk in a bigger
and more expensive ship this time"
On Admiral Mountbatten |
