38 Quotes by Michael Dobbs

Loyalty is like the Doctrine of Celibacy – easy to proclaim but damned difficult to live by.

Communism was not defeated by any one individual or even a combination of individuals. In the last resort communism defeated itself.

In extraordinary circumstances and against the odds, Churchill became Prime Minister instead of Halifax, and that one decision changed the course of history.

The captain of the Lowry tried a new approach. He assembled the destroyer’s jazz band on deck, and told them to play some music. Strains of Yankee Doodle floated across the ocean, followed by a boogie-woogie number. The Americans thought they could see a smile on the face of one of the sailors. They asked if there was any particular tune he would like to hear. The Soviet sailor did not respond. The.

A prime minister can chose his friends and his Cabinet but not his relatives. Part Chairman Lord Williams.

Cruelty of any kind is unforgivable. That’s why there is no point at all in being creek in half-measure.

All members of a Cabinet are referred to as Right. Honorable Gentlemen. There are only three things wrong with such a title...

Party conferences can be such fun. They resemble a nest of cuckoos. Sit back and enjoy watching everyone trying to push the others out. The.

You talk about a tide of history. Well, there are some occasions when one man seems to stand his ground and just refuses to accept getting washed away. That’s how we arrogant Americans won the New World. And that’s how you, Mr Churchill, have saved the Old World. But for you, the whole of Europe would by now be one vast concentration camp. Nobody’s ever going to forget that.