Dogmatic toleration is nonsense: I would no more tolerate the teaching of Calvinism to children if I had power to persecute it… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Warriors! and where are warriors found, If not on martial Britain's ground? And who, when waked with note of fire, Love more… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
We British say "to put the world to rights." I've discovered that that's not the way Americans say it and people scratch… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“As a rule the Holloywood pattern for English actors is simple. They are delighted to go, they are told there is a… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
It seems to me that Sotheby's is very much like the British monarchy: an old and apparently very venerable institution which is… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“Yet in the most mean, cowardly, hypocritical way the British ruling class did all they could to hand Spain over to Franco… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Loading a hollowed-out loaf of bread with steak, mushrooms, shallots, and a fat dose of horseradish yields a kind of portable beef… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
In the past, the British had signally failed to build an effective structure of royal authority and administration in their American colonies.… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a model for… — John Searle Copy Share Image
The plan to carve up British India was never approved of or accepted by Gandhi...who realised too late that his closest comrades… — Stanley Wolpert Copy Share Image
I was hoping they would put up flyers like they do for lost cats." He said. "Missing, one stunningly attractive teenage boy.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Intellectually the French are wonderfully open, in a way the British just don't begin to be. You can question ideas in France,… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
Contrasting British servicemen and women with the appeasers, it is hard not to laugh. Are these two sides even the same species,… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
He seemed to realize she was staring at him, because the cursing stopped. "You cut me," he said. His voice was pleasant.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I think that what we have heard from the Remain campaign throughout this whole referendum have been dire warnings of the terrible… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
British women's history was never confined to the British mainland; and contesting the narrative around enfranchisement shows us that rights were not… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
No matter that you're a British citizen, no matter that you were born here - your skin colour means you do not… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Naval heroes are seldom immodest, but soldiers quite often are. It is said of one gallant general that publication of his book… — John Colville Copy Share Image
Read properly, fewer books than a hundred would suffice for a liberal education. Read superficially, the British Museum Library might still leave… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always been more of a nerdy, academic type. I loved 'Star Wars' growing up. I have three older brothers, so they… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture… — Lapo Elkann Copy Share Image
British media supported Hillary. No problem with that. No interference. Nothing. French media supported Hillary. No problem with that. Some Russian media… — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
One thing I have been banging on about, we have a dessert deficit in the U.K. We still import a very large… — Owen Paterson Copy Share Image
I played the British Open in 1937. It took a week to get there and a week to get home. I was… — Byron Nelson Copy Share Image
It is not for us to give an assessment to what happened, but in our opinion the reputation of British science, the… — Andrey Illarionov Copy Share Image
We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of… — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
Let me give you my vision: A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property,… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited… — Naomi Campbell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Understand me, Hollywood miniseries are very popular in England. But British miniseries make a tremendous mark on the national consciousness. They become… — Tim Pigott-Smith Copy Share Image
I pride myself in being an aficionado of the British seaside. Throughout my career, I have visited and worked in many of… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
The British Empire has advanced to a new conception of autonomyand freedom, to the idea of a system of British nations, each… — George VI Copy Share Image
Lewis [Hamilton] is a hero in the UK. The British love Formula One. Sebastian (Vettel) is also not doing much for F1.… — Bernie Ecclestone Copy Share Image
Obviously, Iron Maiden is on a way bigger scale to British Lion, but as a musician playing live, it's just the adrenaline… — Steve Harris Copy Share Image
Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to… — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
Canada's ruling circles seek to ally themselves more closely with American imperialism without giving up the economic advantages of membership in the… — Tim Buck Copy Share Image
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