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

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

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

A colonial governor who ran out of countries.