Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens famous quotes

When dealing with Canadians, it is advantageous to seem to be negotiating from a position of weakness, for when faced with an abject opponent, they become concession-happy and will accede to almost anything.
-- Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens

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Life never forgives weaknesses.

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

Children tend to be rather better observers of adults' characters than adults are of children's, because children are so dependent on adults that it is very much in their interest to discover the weaknesses of their elders.

Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.

I don't like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles...

If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents.

Opponents of globalisation may see it as a new folly, but it is neither particularly new, nor, in general, a folly.

I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.