British Quotes · Page 55

Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either…

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by…

— Benjamin Netanyahu

The British film industry has always tried to sell itself as something rather sophisticated. It's almost as if it thinks it is…

— Peter Capaldi

Let me give you my vision: A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property,…

— Margaret Thatcher

I am often accused of colluding with the British during the freedom struggle. I want to ask, how?

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

I don't have a good British accent.

— Serena Williams

Andrea Leadsom also denies any tax avoidance, says she 'shopped around' for a good deal and it was from a British bank…

— Laura Kuenssberg

In the past, people couldn't place me. They thought that I was Danish or English or French. They never got that I…

— Italo Zucchelli

My goal in boxing was to be Southern Area champion, might have a shot at the British, might own my own terraced…

— Nigel Benn

To go in the record books as British champion is something else and a step towards being top of the division.

— Daniel Dubois

I'd like to think we can make a nice, glowing change to British dressing.

— Emilia Wickstead

This might sound really foolish, but when I came to Edinburgh in 1988 I had spent nearly all my life living south…

— David Nicholls

There is no more striking illustration of the immobility of British institutions than the House of Commons.

— H. H. Asquith

I would love to do a British period drama.

— Lily Collins

The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward.

— John Hancock

I studied in Britain and spent great moments of my life there as a student living in Belsize Park. I admire the…

— Asif Ali Zardari

Radicalism is as British as tea and cakes, as much a part of our make-up as monarchy and football. It will never…

— Geoff Mulgan

Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I'd be on the front page of the paper.

— Maria Sharapova

The fate of the Celt in the British Empire bids fair to resemble that of the Greeks among the Romans.

— Joseph Jacobs

The British Isles are awash with the choice of beautiful historic churches, abbeys, and cathedrals where one king or another has tied…

— Tina Brown

Many people say that we have sufficient laws in our country, just that they are not implemented properly. I completely disagree with…

— Arvind Kejriwal

Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no jury within the…

— Joseph Howe

Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves.

— Tony Benn

“UKIP is natural party for Eastern Europeans”

— Przemek Skwirczynski

I go out with a lot of British people. Some of them say I sound a little tipsy.

— Callan McAuliffe

By being so long in the lowest form [at Harrow] I gained an immense advantage over the cleverer boys. . . .…

— Winston Churchill

“Don't tell me about the Press. I know *exactly* who reads the papers. The Daily Mirror is read by the people who…

— Antony Jay

No man can honestly sit there and say he doesn't care about what people think, doesn't care if he's got the support…

— Chris Eubank Jr

With or without the Royals, we are not Americans. Nor are we British. Or French. Or Void. We are something else. And…

— Will Ferguson

I think you know that I classify science as British science, American science, and everybody else.

— Martin Fleischmann

We always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil…

— Indira Gandhi

Home will always be London. Theres something unique about the British. Its about cheekiness.

— Jaime Murray

India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I've been proud to be national champion. I've really enjoyed it. I have very little opportunity to remind people that I'm British…

— David Millar

British food is a celebration of comfort eating. Our traditional savoury recipes are all about warmth and sustenance, our puddings a roll…

— Nigel Slater

I didn't know he was dead; I thought he was British.

— Woody Allen

[To the British actor who annoyed her by repeated references to his busy 'shedule':] I think you're full of skit.

— Dorothy Parker

What good would it be to fight a war with the British and end up with your own king? Nobody had any…

— Kevin Gutzman

My father was an army champion boxer... in the British army. And so he loved boxing and talked it up as a…

— Hugh Jackman

It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my government will be a "soft touch" in the…

— Margaret Thatcher