I know it is said in missionary meetings that we conquered…

Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.

— Tacitus

Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as…

— Bertolt Brecht

Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain,…

— Vance Havner

“British Empire had demonstrated that there was no greater blind spot on its map of benevolence than the conquered land closest to home.”

— Tim Egan

You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like…

— Doris Lessing

Happy Independence Day to Pakistan! On this day sixty-six years ago the country gained sovereignty from the British Empire.

— Anonymous

Let it be our endeavour, let it be our task, to keep alight the torch of imperial patriotism, to hold fast the affection and…

— Joseph Chamberlain

A nationally known advertising man wrote me theother day ... to suggest that we tell the truth, i.e., that we are not concerned with…

— Anonymous

“First law of poultry farming: keep your livestock busy with trivial problems, so they stay ever oblivious to systemic criminal activities. That's why the…

— Abhijit Naskar

Canada's ruling circles seek to ally themselves more closely with American imperialism without giving up the economic advantages of membership in the British Empire.

— Tim Buck

“People still said that “The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire,” even though the Commonwealth was starting to come apart. In spite of…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater Two

England are still the only difference in the world was the first British Empire were slaves of the slaves of today's English language

— Mak_786

“Holocaust Theatre (Naskaristana 2799) Most social issues are rooted in religion, most religious issues are rooted in politics, most political issues are vestiges of…

— Abhijit Naskar

Taxation, the very thing that had triggered the British civil wars, would do so again, this time in America. The taxes may have been…

— Simon Schama

the twelve or fifteen millions in the British Empire, who, while they possess no electoral rights, are yet persuaded they are freemen, and who…

— Richard Cobden