“One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.”

Margot Asquith

“From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.”

Margot Asquith

“Lloyd George? There is no Lloyd George. There is a marvellous brain; but if you were to shut him in a room and look through the keyhole there would be nobody there.”

Margot Asquith

“He couldn't see a belt without hitting below it.”

Margot Asquith

“My dear old friend King George V told me he would never have died but for that vile doctor, Lord Dawson of Penn.”

Margot Asquith