If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

Lets be frank about it; most of our people have never had it so good

You will find the Americans much like the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also more idle, with more unspoiled virtues but also more corrupt

The purpose of the book is to see what happened to America; both to the people in it, and to its relationships with the rest of the world.