<p>I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.</p>

<p>Churchill was in the lavatory in the House of Commons and his secretary knocked on the door and said: Excuse me Prime Minister$$$ but the Lord Privy Seal wishes to speak to you. After a pause Churchill replied: Tell His Lordship: I'm sealed on The Privy and can only deal with one shit at a time.</p>

<p>There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies$$$ and that is fighting without them.</p>

<p>It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.</p>

<p>Success is not final$$$ failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.</p>

<p>At my time of life$$$ one knows that the worst is usually true.</p>

<p>Religion is different from everything else; because in religion seeking is finding.</p>

<p>People have to snatch at happiness when they can$$$ in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find.</p>

<p>The heart of another is a dark forest$$$ always$$$ no matter how close it has been to ones own.</p>

<p>I've changed a lot since 1969$$$ and so has the world. I'm more benign$$$ the world is far bleaker$$$ and the people in Love would now be edging nervously up to the middle age they thought could never happen$$$ they thought the world would end first.</p>