A nation can survive a bad plan; it cannot survive a polite one. by Winston Churchill

Calm leadership is excellent after the fire is out; before that, it is just a very composed rumor.

Attlee, you speak like a repaired umbrella and somehow still land the point.

And some of us prefer winning to waiting for the paperwork to become brave.

General, you left the room with more dignity than most people arrive with.

Some of us prefer polite to theatrical.

In France we call this a dispute; in London you call it breakfast.

I still think calm leadership matters.

I was promised a crisis and instead I got two men auditioning for a foghorn.