The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain. — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
In Britain, the centrally prescribed welfare to work system short-changes the young unemployed. Transport, housing and education are over centralised. — David Miliband Copy Share Image
For such a small country, Britain packs in an amazing diversity of landscapes: coastline, lakes, mountains, rolling countryside, villages and great cities. — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
Somewhat by historical happenstance the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China -… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I believe it is wrong to undermine public safety, and indeed public confidence in the concept of human rights, by allowing highly… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
We argued, as did the security services in this country, that the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq would increase the threat of… — George Galloway Copy Share Image
I think the best singers in the world, historically, are American. Britain's got its fair share, as well, but some of the… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Our first benchmark is to cut the deficit more quickly to safeguard Britain’s credit rating. I know that we are taking a… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get. — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
I think we've come a long way since then. The big thing that changed was when ecstasy came along in Britain. — Neil Tennant Copy Share Image
Every Conservative desires peace. The threat to peace comes from Communism which has powerful forces ready to attack anywhere. Communism waits for… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
New Labour was the most short-sighted, self-serving, incompetent, useless, and ineffective government that Britain has ever known. Make no mistake, Labour's economic… — Liam Fox Copy Share Image
I am British. I love Britain for all its faults and all its virtues. My husband is American and I am largely… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
South America was not really that open - you had to fit in, and I didn't fit in. I was different -… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
If Britain is to have a stable, affordable pension system, people need to work longer, but we will reward their hard work… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to… — Robert Mugabe Copy Share Image
It's funny because I think that both France and Britain are known for their distinctive styles, and everyone says that France is… — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
I love Britain, I lived there for nine years doing shows and things, but I don't know what a British sensibility is.… — Frank Oz Copy Share Image
Avery fine city; the four principal streets are the fairest for breadth, and the finest built that I have ever seen in… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
“But after all we are not children, not illiterate juvenile delinquents, not English public school boys who after a night of homosexual… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
The irony is that we're really good at comedy in Britain, but for some reason, we make very few comedy films. And… — Alice Lowe Copy Share Image
Margaret Thatcher, growing up in a bombed and battered Britain, derived a distrust which has grown with the years not just of… — Douglas Hurd Copy Share Image
I think you will find scientists that think like you in Germany and Britain, and you will find politicians that think like… — E. P. Thompson Copy Share Image
There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
