Great men of action never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job. - Oswald Mosley

Faced with the alternative of saying goodbye to the gold standard, and therefore to his own employment, and goodbye to other people's employment, Mr. Churchill characteristically selected the latter course.

I am not, and never have been, a man of the right. My position was on the left and is now in the centre of politics.

...the old axiom that 'all power corrupts' has doubtful validity, because it derives from our neglect of Plato's advice to find men carefully and train them by methods which make them fit for heroes.