There was, of course, a global financial crisis. But our Labour predecessors left Britain exceptionally vulnerable and damaged: more personal debt than… — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
I can't help being Christian because I was brought up in Britain, and the morality of Christianity is part of the fabric… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
By the time I was 18, I had absorbed punk rock from America, Britain, and the West Coast. All of it was… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
In 'The Hobbit,' there were British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand actors, and Peter Jackson was adamant that we would all sound… — Aidan Turner Copy Share Image
I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected by delegates… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
The Stamp Act imposed on the colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain is an ill-judged measure. Parliament has no right to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A fundamental reason why Britain was not torn apart by civil war after 1688 was that its inhabitants' aggression was channelled so… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
In England, there's no acknowledgement the invention of slavery came from Britain. — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
Tax time approaches, and Americans are as always paying H & R Block billions to help them save some of their wealth… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
“England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which created a new species of power to undermine the feudal system. But let… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
To expect, indeed, that the freedom of trade should ever be entirely restored in Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
I'm totally in love with Jane Austen and have always been in love with Jane Austen. I did my dissertation at university… — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
David Cameron's message of change, optimism and hope is in tune with what Britain wants today — Francis Maude Copy Share Image
I know some of my parents' friends think 'Little Britain' is in incredibly poor taste. But swimming the Channel? You can't really… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
In housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them… — John Major Copy Share Image
Britain, with the most completely socialized health system in the West, now spends the lowest fraction of GNP on health care of… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
If I really had to pinpoint my happiest days out of the United States, I'd choose those Fifties military days in Britain,… — Larry Hagman Copy Share Image
Kitty Kelley's method, already perfected in her unauthorised and unflattering biographies of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Reagan, is to write bestsellers that… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
Mr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War. — Eamon de Valera Copy Share Image
Professor Hawking is heralded as 'the genius of Britain,' yet he believes in the scientific impossibility that nothing created everything and that… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
Casting me as King Arthur was quite bold of 'Spamalot's producers, although it has been historically proved Arthur was Asian, and that… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
A short, glorious life in service of a greater good - say, the life of the Spartans at Thermopylae, or the pilots… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You see on 'Britain's Got Talent' and 'X Factor,' they all wear ear plugs. But I could not hear myself when I… — Cilla Black Copy Share Image
We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
