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> [In the last quarter of the 20th century, Britons have been understandably obsessed with the problem of having too little power in the world. In the third quarter of the 18th century, by contrast, their forebears were perplexed by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/in-the-last-quarter-of-the-20th-century-britons-have-been/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

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> [At one level Great Britain at the beginning of the 18th century was like the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, both three and one, and altogether something of a mystery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/at-one-level-great-britain-at-the-beginning-of-the-18th-century-was/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

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## Other authors on 18th century

## More by Linda Colley

> [Britain, like other European states, is not and never will again be in the top-world-power league, so its male leaders can afford to play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/britain-like-other-european-states-is-not-and-never-will-again-be-in/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [Hillary Clinton is tough, clever, and formidably well briefed, and has been politically ambitious all her adult life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/hillary-clinton-is-tough-clever-and-formidably-well-briefed-and-has/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [In Great Britain, woman was subordinate and confined. But at least she was also safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/in-great-britain-woman-was-subordinate-and-confined-but-at-least-she/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [Once conscription was introduced during the First World War, and once Britain's wars ceased being confined to the empire or to continental Europe and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/once-conscription-was-introduced-during-the-first-world-war-and-once/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [Virtually every war fought since the Act of Union had gone badly at some stage, but before 1783 none had ended in defeat. Nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/virtually-every-war-fought-since-the-act-of-union-had-gone-badly-at/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [Traditionally, royal females who have not had the luck to become queens regnant have been granted very limited roles. They have been expected to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/traditionally-royal-females-who-have-not-had-the-luck-to-become/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [Never fly to the U.S. the day before Thanksgiving or the weekend after because every airport is guaranteed to be crammed to bursting with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/never-fly-to-the-u-s-the-day-before-thanksgiving-or-the-weekend-after/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [Men and women do not live by bread alone. They also need sustaining ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/men-and-women-do-not-live-by-bread-alone-they-also-need-sustaining/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [High-level political wives are by no means new. In the 18th and 19th centuries, when patricians dominated British political life, it was common for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/high-level-political-wives-are-by-no-means-new-in-the-18th-and-19th/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [Governments should encourage and facilitate the teaching of history, but one does not want them to be able to dictate, for political or partisan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/governments-should-encourage-and-facilitate-the-teaching-of-history/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [Although Britain has, since 1653, had nothing approaching a single, codified constitution, it did for a very long time possess a broad cult of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/although-britain-has-since-1653-had-nothing-approaching-a-single/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [Even at its most powerful, Britain always needed alliances with other European states. There would almost certainly have been no British victory at Waterloo,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/even-at-its-most-powerful-britain-always-needed-alliances-with-other/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [Far from being aberrant and un-British, criticising a war in which our troops are actively engaged is a long-established parliamentary and political tradition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/far-from-being-aberrant-and-un-british-criticising-a-war-in-which-our/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [One of the reasons why the personnel of U.S. politics are more diverse is that - unlike the U.K. - one can compete for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/one-of-the-reasons-why-the-personnel-of-u-s-politics-are-more-diverse/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

> [“By Jamaican standards, this level of slave-ownership on the part of a skilled craftsman was not unusual. The 157 inhabitants of Port Royal who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/by-jamaican-standards-this-level-of-slave-ownership-on-the-part-of-a/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

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