The Foreign Office is a very important arm of the British state and I think Britain has a fantastic diplomatic service. We… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
[On George H.W. Bush:] By 1990 I had learned that I had to defer to him in conversation and not to stint… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It would actually be quite nice if the American ambassador in Britain could pay the [congestion] charge that everybody else is paying… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
I think Britain has this tradition which suggests that if you make the readers laugh too much, you can't really be serious.… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I made a very concerted decision to go to drama school in the United States. But I did have the opportunity to… — Kate Burton Copy Share Image
David Beckham is Britain's finest striker of a football not because of God-given talent but because he practises with a relentless application… — Alex Ferguson Copy Share Image
“... instead of trying to grapple with the implications of the story of empire, the British seem to have decided just to… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
Put on top of that the fact that the whole world is looking at Britain and saying how is this country going… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks that wind factories are environmentally friendly should Google "Cefn Croes Photo Gallery", to see 100 chilling pictures showing how… — Christopher Booker Copy Share Image
There is a danger for Britain as we perceive ourselves, or as we are - less wealthy, facing economic austerity - that… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Many old music hall fans were present at the funeral today of Fred 'Chuckles' Jenkins, Britain's oldest and unfunniest comedian. In tribute,… — Ronnie Barker Copy Share Image
In a world of serious threats to the U.K. and to global stability, where we see violence and conflict pulling people back… — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
Civil servants are fully aware of the challenges the British economy faces. They are, after all, working tirelessly and professionally to support… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was on this day that the Bahamas declared independence. Before that they were a British colony. The British Empire lost Canada… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I'm not saying "job done" but I am actually pretty confident that Britain can be one of the biggest winners from these… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
How carelessly imperial power vivisected ancient civilizations. Palestine and Kashmir are imperial Britain's festering, blood-drenched gifts to the modem world. Both are… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
It's not a matter of if economies around the world becoming low-carbon, but when and how: through struggle and strife or through… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
The (U.K.) government's thesis that the countryside of upland and coastal Britain is 'worth sacrificing to save the planet' is an insult… — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
The Government have consistently made it clear that the mechanism in the United Kingdom whereby the European draft constitutional treaty could be… — Douglas Alexander Copy Share Image
I don't know if Britain ever really achieved that much glamour. We had post-war austerity rather than post-war prosperity, and our cultural… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I live a perfectly happy and comfortable life in Blair's Britain, but I can't work up much affection for the culture we've… — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain's standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars, trucks, and buses ran… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
A legacy that powerful does not disappear. Next to the Egyptians, the Greeks and Romans were babies. Our modern nations like Great… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Trump's election is part of an international trend that's no less alarming, in Britain, in France, in Germany, in Austria. Vladimir Putin… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Just as members of American teachers unions often send their own children to private schools, so unionized workers at government-run hospitals in… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
You saw Britain back in the early days of sailing ships. They were the sea power, the controlled the seas and they… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
I know in Britain with 'Doctor Who' all the classic actors, and the people who you'd really want to, work on the… — Burn Gorman Copy Share Image
In order to persuade Britain to pack up, to compel her to make peace, it was essential to rob her of her… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
David Cameron says he wants to keep Britain in the EU, but his tactics are so divisive that, if he gets what… — John Bruton Copy Share Image
Housetops were covered with 'gazers'; all wharves that offered a view were jammed with people ... As British officers happily reminded one… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of her land, And guardian angels… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Britain, however, has ended up specializing in the ones you don't see as much of: defense aerospace, making drive shafts for cars,… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
For me, 9/11 was a game changer. It altered my perception of the security threat we faced. I took the position that… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
There were only 170 neurologists in Britain then and, whether spoken or unspoken, there was this insidious feeling. How can Bannister, a… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. I don't know what's going on in London. Because London is no longer an… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I do miss things about Britain. I think there was a misconception, there definitely was, that I left because of bad press,… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
Close to a billion people - one-eighth of the world's population - still live in hunger. Each year 2 million children die… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
If you go on TV and say there's no other country in the world where you can be born poor and become… — David Frum Copy Share Image
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