In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Colonies are necessary to Germany. We shall get them through negotiation if possible; but if not, we shall take them. — Hjalmar Schacht Copy Share Image
The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph… we must not retreat. — George III Copy Share Image
Back in the days of the colonies, there were rules that were very good. — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
The colonies had little occasion to feel or to resent direct royal prerogative. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
What was life like in the colonies? Probably the best word to describe it would be "colonial". — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The central fact of North American history is that there were fifteen British Colonies before 1776. Thirteen rebelled and two did not. — June Callwood Copy Share Image
In government as well as in trade a new era came to the colonies in 1763. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
“Colonies are the outhouses of the European soul, where a fellow can let his pants down and relax, enjoy the smell of… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
I've taken a mail packet boat along the southern Newfoundland coast and spent some time on St. Pierre and Miquelon watching the… — Joseph Monninger Copy Share Image
“In the early 1600s, for nearly two decades, Virginia and Bermuda were the only English colonies in the New World. Here, for… — Virginia Bernhard Copy Share Image
I love going to writers' colonies in pastoral settings where there's nothing to do, but either walk around or read a book… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave… — Cecil Rhodes Copy Share Image
Ever since the Meiji restoration in 1868, Japan has turned its back on Asia in general and China in particular: its pattern… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
We want to build colonies on the Moon, Mars, the Moons of other planets, and even nearby asteroids. We want to make… — Daniel Goldin Copy Share Image
“The construction of space colonies will follow a similar pattern, so that by the year 2010 or thereabouts there will be many… — Gerard K. O'Neill Copy Share Image
As far as actually setting up colonies of people who would live their whole lives in space, I think we're a long… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
Jazz music, as is also the case with the old down-home spirituals, gospel and jubilee songs, jumps, shouts and moans, is essentially… — Albert Murray Copy Share Image
The loss of the American colonies was the first time the process of British empire building had been put significantly into reverse,… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
By the year 1670, wooden chimneys and log houses of the Plymouth and Bay colonies were replaced by more sightly houses of… — Alice Morse Earle Copy Share Image
We inherit every one of our genes, but we leave the womb without a single microbe. As we pass through our mother's… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
You saw Britain back in the early days of sailing ships. They were the sea power, the controlled the seas and they… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
“There’s several colonies setup on islands that have not been touched yet by Europeans and I’m sure some of them will be… — Gordon Allard Copy Share Image
“Maybe your college professor taught that the legacy of colonialism explains Third World poverty. That’s nonsense as well. Canada was a colony.… — Walter Williams Copy Share Image
“Conquest occurred through violence, and over-expolitation and oppression necessitate continued violence, so the army is present. There would be no contradiction in… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“What's a colony without its dusky natives? Where's the fun if they're all going to die off? Just a big chunk of… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
I'm from the colonies, so I remember when the sun never set on the British Empire. — Shahid Khan Copy Share Image
Artist colonies are notorious for breaking up marriages and housing affairs. — Kerry Cohen Copy Share Image
Decolonization actually boosted slavery. As foreign powers withdrew from the colonies, people were enslaved by their own countrymen. And we see it… — Loretta Napoleoni Copy Share Image
Our country presents on every side the evidences of that continued favor under whose auspices it, has gradually risen from a few… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
When this country here was first being founded, there were 13 colonies. The whites were colonized. They were fed up with this… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The House of Commons, refused to receive the addresses of the colonies, when the matter was pending; besides, we hold our rights… — Christopher Gadsden Copy Share Image
Before they became Americans, most white inhabitants of the 13 colonies considered themselves British. It was predictable, therefore, that they would lust… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
