Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a…

Great Britain has lost an Empire and not yet found a role. The attempt to playa separate power rolethat is, a role apart from…

— Dean Acheson

Part of the failing of mainstream history has been a reverential air often appended to the colonial era, underpinned by a rose-tinted nostalgia for…

— Dawn Foster

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances for living happily and contentedly in our enchanted island.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

“And what if Britain lost? There would be a financial crisis, unemployment, and destitution. Working-class men would take up Ethel’s father’s cry and say…

— Ken Follett

The dark cloud, which had been cleared by the Phoenician discoveries, and finally dispelled by the arms of Caesar, again settled on the shores…

— Edward Gibbon

Already the pitch has been reached in Great Britain where it is considered bigoted or reactionary to do other than praise the Jews for…

— Sidney Robertson Cowell

In Italy there are 5 million legal migrants. They're integrated, and they're welcome. The problem of the Muslim presence is increasingly worrying. There are…

— Matteo Salvini

Ireland is a small but insuppressible island half an hour nearer the sunset than Great Britain.

— Tom Kettle

I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up.

— Clint Eastwood

[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; whichwould be a…

— Thomas Jefferson

It's really an orchestral piece featuring a group and it was quite revolutionary at the time and it in fact, it kicked Deep Purple…

— Roger Glover

The country I live in is never clear about its name. My passport says 'the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,' and…

— Gavin Esler

How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental…

— James Payn

In Great Britain, woman was subordinate and confined. But at least she was also safe.

— Linda Colley

By 18th century standards, they [Great Britain] were the freest, most dynamic, most willing to challenge tradition and authority. They had the highest wages…

— Charles R. Morris