British people Quotes · Page 3

No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum

— David Cameron

As far as filming for TV goes, I like to go where the food is definitely of interest to British people.

— Rick Stein

A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.

— Adam Lambert

The British are the only people in history crass enough to have made revolutionaries out of Americans.

— Shashi Tharoor

I love London. I would move here. I like British people; everybody is so down to earth.

— Verne Troyer

I don't think the British people really knew the ramifications of what would happen after Brexit or not.

— Jeremy Kyle

I have made comments in favour of British people getting jobs over and above those from southern eastern Europe.

— Nigel Farage

I'm just not convinced that the British people I know and love are interested in revolution.

— David Lammy

They [British people] told us to restore democratic control of immigration policy and to spend their money on national priorities such as…

— Michael Gove

Radio was used powerfully by Josef Goebbels to disseminate Nazi propaganda, and just as powerfully by King George VI to inspire the…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a…

— David Cameron

I always say Los Angeles is the place where British people come to exceed their worth. It's quite true of everything: The…

— Ryan Cartwright

We need to provide leadership, stability and confidence to the British people. We cannot indulge in parochial or nativist fantasies.

— Suella Braverman

“We used to think British people could never become Fascists, or Fascist collaborators. But they can. I suppose anybody can, given the…

— C.J. Sansom

Together, America and the United Kingdom are a beacon for prosperity and the rule of law. That is why the United States…

— Donald Trump

I am in the habit, like most British people, of holding the door open for people. But in the U.S., people don't…

— Raza Jaffrey

We are committed to levelling up across every region and nation in the U.K. and that is why we are making the…

— Rishi Sunak

People realise that if Labour is to fulfil its founding goal of transforming our economic and political system into a more equal,…

— John McDonnell

When Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government fell in May 1940, the nation turned to Churchill. At last, his unique qualities were brought…

— Gretchen Rubin

Both my parents are English and came out to Australia in 1967. I was born the following year. My parents, and immigrants…

— Hugh Jackman

Americans are a lot more open, of course. There's something more declamatory in the way you express emotions. It's a stereotype but…

— Emily Blunt

Parliamentary democracy is, in truth, little more than a means of securing a periodical change in the management team, which is then…

— Tony Benn

“Personally I like the English style better. It is not quite so brittle, and the people as a rule, just wear clothes…

— Raymond Chandler

Tell the British people if the Iraqis are subjected to aggression or humiliation they would fight bravely. Just as the British people…

— Saddam Hussein

I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The British people are good all through. You can test them as you would put a bucket into the sea and always…

— Winston Churchill

Eating some of those British people's food in 'Celebrity Big Brother' had me turning green and gave me some food poisoning.

— Spencer Pratt

Good planning is what the British people expects the Government to do.

— Gavin Williamson

The passion the British people have for football - they live for football.

— Gervinho

It took a while to get the support of British people as they wouldn't naturally want to support someone from another country.

— Saara Aalto

I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.

— John Major

Jews have been living in Jerusalem way before British people were living in London.

— Naftali Bennett

I go out with a lot of British people. Some of them say I sound a little tipsy.

— Callan McAuliffe

British people would die for their right to drink themselves to death

— John Oliver

I work for the British people. I do not gather intelligence so the government can lie to the British people.

— Katharine Gun

Los Angeles is the place where British people come to exceed their worth.

— Ryan Cartwright

Why do British people make such good TV? It's so annoying. Stop it. Is it because they have free health care? Uggh.

— Elizabeth Meriwether

The way to bring out the best in the British people is to attack them.

— Alasdair MacIntyre

“Dad was at his desk when I opened the door, doing what all British people do when they're freaked out: drinking tea.”

— Rachel Hawkins

My generation of black British people often feels part American because of what we learned from TV.

— Michaela Coel