Democracy isn't just for people in the Middle East, but…

I genuinely did not expect more than half our nation to choose to walk away from our long-term allies into the arms of our…

— Brian Reade

From the time of the North Briton of the unprincipled Wilkes , a notion has been entertained that the moral spine in Scotland is…

— John Galt

Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.

— James Thomson

The Britons are quite separated from all the world.

— Virgil

Britons are very respectful - if they want to take a photo, they ask politely.

— Leroy Sane

Even the lowest of the Hindus, the Pariah, has less of the brute in him than a Briton in a similar social status. This…

— Swami Vivekananda

“Americans may say they love our accents (I have been accused of sounding 'like Princess Di') but the more thoughtful ones resent and rather…

— Peter Hitchens

Britons still commemorate the Battle of Cable Street in London. There are still pop songs in Britain that reference Sir Oswald Mosley and his…

— Rachel Maddow

We should be the natural home for the millions of Britons of immigrant origin. But we're not. Because too often we've sounded like people…

— Francis Maude

I propose that 100,000 degenerate Britons should be forcibly sterilized and others put in labour camps to halt the decline of the British race.

— Winston Churchill

Why do Britons keep stabbing each other in August? Why do seaside hotels burn down in August? Why do children disappear in August, examinations…

— Simon Jenkins

Britons put up with, Americans fix, Canadians cope

— Margaret Mead

The Britons bankrupted me. I came to their country with £10 in my pocket and they gave me £1 back. But in between I…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Most Britons still lived and died without encountering anyone whose skin colour was different from their own. Slaves, in short, did not threaten, at…

— Linda Colley

We should be pushing our boundaries. After all, we Britons are explorers and adventurers.

— Helen Sharman