The Only Quality Needed For

(a Foreign Secretary) Is Forever Poised Between The Cliche And The Indiscretion.

No Man Succeeds Without A Good Woman Behind Him. Wife Or Mother, If It Is Both, He Is Twice Blessed Indeed.

A Foreign Secretaryand This Applies Also To A Prospective Foreign Secretaryis Always Faced With This Cruel Dilemma. Nothing He Can Say Can Do Very Much Good, And Almost Anything He May Say May Do A Great Deal Of Harm. Anything He Says That Is Not Obvious Is Dangerous; Whatever Is Not Trite Is Risky. He Is Forever Poised Between The Cliche And The Indiscretion.

If Ever The Call Comes To Them, The Young Will Go Straight From The Ranks Of The Neutralists Into The Ranks Of He Majesty's Forces, As They Have So Often Done In The Past.

I Have Never Found Criticism Is Ever Inhibited By Ignorance.