Clergyman's

We are the masters at the moment and shall be for some considerable time.
- "Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross"

I know that in my public life I fell below the standards that I had set myself... I have seen what is wrong but not done enough to put it right. I have been more critical than correct. I have had opportunities of great positions in the service of the state, but I have put them aside. I know that I have not devoted myself enough to promoting the good of others.
- "Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross"

Getting up and criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time. Especially as you know in your heart that you would be doing more or less the same thing if you were in his place.
- "Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross"

All my moves were designed to promote the happiness and wellbeing of my family, rather than fame.
- "Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross"

Let us not foist this humbug on the world.
- "Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross"

Let us not foist this humbug on the world.
- "Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross"

There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.
- "Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross"

I feel that I've had a happy life, not a very useful life, but a happy one.
- "Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross"