Anthony Eden

“I do not believe that we can make progress in European appeasement if we allow the impression to gain currency abroad that we yield to constant pressure.”

“I've tried my best.”

“Appeasement is the policy of feeding a crocodile in the hope that it will eat you last.”

“We are not at war with Egypt. We are in an armed conflict.”

“A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.”

“Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.”

“There are three unforgivable sins in politics: being a bore, contradicting oneself and being unlucky.”

“Our quarrel is not with Egypt, still less with the Arab world. It is with Colonel Nasser.”

“The truth is I am a man of peace, but I am not a pacifist.”

“History is a pageant, not a philosophy.”

“Peace at any price is no peace at all.”