Britain Quotes · Page 11

In January 1776, Thomas Paine issued 'Common Sense,' advocating independence from Great Britain.

— Mike Crapo

Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain.

— Peter Mandelson

Great Britain provided time; the United States provided money and Soviet Russia provided blood.

— Joseph Stalin

There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.

— Felix Dennis

People in Britain always think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as a musical - it wasn't.

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

Britain cannot compete with China or Taiwan on price; we compete on skills, on arts and culture.

— Sadiq Khan

The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.

— Bashar al-Assad

In Britain, any degree of success is met with envy and resentment.

— Christopher Lee

Nobody in Britain has voted for 4 million people to come here in the last 15 years, and for probably another 3…

— Nigel Farage

Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more.

— Geoff Mulgan

I am not as cross about Thatcher now as I was in the '80s. Begrudgingly, I can see that some of her…

— Martin Parr

I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.

— Noam Chomsky

I decided to invite Donald Trump on his visit to Britain to come with me to my constituency because he has problems…

— Jeremy Corbyn

Britain gets the architecture it deserves. We don’t value architecture, we don’t take it seriously, we don’t want to pay for it…

— David Chipperfield

Leaving [from EU] will allow us to return real democratic control to important areas of national life; from international trade, the right…

— Gisela Stuart

All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to Britain's national security as well.

— Andrew Mitchell

I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first signs of bigger problems to come and personal debt -…

— Vince Cable

I love the 6 Nations rugby. I feel very Scottish then. I feel very Scottish now, sitting in the middle of Chelsea.…

— Rory Bremner

We must look to an open, tolerant, inclusive England, which embraces the values of a Britain that still leads the world in…

— David Blunkett

People who believe in 'universal health care' show remarkably little interest - usually none - in finding out what that phrase turns…

— Thomas Sowell

The United States consumes power per land-area at a rate three times the average. Even though they are more energy efficient, densely…

— David J. C. MacKay

BP found itself in a difficult situation after the tragic events in the Gulf of Mexico. We did everything we could to…

— Vladimir Putin

In Britain, journalists often view comparisons with our society going back two, three, or seven centuries as more relevant than comparisons going…

— Anthony Daniels

The whole world depends on America ultimately, particularly Britain. And also, I love America - a marvelous country. But in a sense…

— Paul Johnson

“I certainly didn't concur with Edward on everything, but I was damned if I would hear him abused without saying a word.…

— Christopher Hitchens

It is not just that it is profoundly offensive to the leaders and people of a democratic Germany to paint Hitler on…

— Timothy Garton Ash

He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of…

— Thomas Jefferson

I mean not to accuse any one, but to take the shame upon myself, in common, indeed, with the whole parliament of…

— William Wilberforce

There is a very big difference between American and British travel journalism, and that's this whole business of the assisted or freebie…

— John Gimlette

“This historic general election, which showed that the British are well able to distinguish between patriotism and Toryism, brought Clement Attlee to…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Some say that because the United States was wrong before, it cannot possibly be right now, or has not the right to…

— Christopher Hitchens

British rule depends upon repression and collaboration and the Irish people should recognise that those who collaborate with Britain in exchange for…

— Martin McGuinness

Neither Britain, a land fertile in tyrants, nor the people of Ireland, knew Moses and the prophets.

— St. Jerome

I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.

— John Major

The aim is to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration.

— Theresa May

I want to stand up for Britain's national interests.

— Liz Kendall

“Britain wouldn’t have won the war without its eccentric geniuses.”

— Sara Sheridan

I want to live in a Britain whose residents are determined to speak English.

— Andrea Leadsom

You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again.

— Ken Livingstone

The 1980s were tough for most of Britain, but nowhere more so than Tottenham.

— David Lammy