Without Ships, We Cannot Live.

There Is At Least One Thing Worse Than Fighting With Allies - And That Is To Fight Without Them

You Create Your Own Universe As You Go Along.

If You Make 10,000 Regulations You Destroy All Respect For The Law.

One Evening At Chequers The Film Was Oliver Twist. Rufus, As Usual, Had The Best Seat In The House, On His Master's Lap. At The Point When Bill Sikes Was About To Drown His Dog To Put The Police Off His Track, Churchill Covered Rufus's Eyes With His Hand. He Said, "don't Look Now, Dear. I'll Tell You About It Afterwards."

It May Well Be That We Shall By A Process Of Sublime Irony Have Reached A State In This Story Where Safety Will Be The Sturdy Child Of Terror, And Survival The Twin Brother Of Annihilation.