“The British Empire covered 25% of the earth. So the phrase “The sun never sets on the British empire” wasn’t just metaphorical,… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Every historian has a vested interest. "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" was not about the Roman but the British… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commander of the British Empire! It… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“The atomic bomb brings the men home from every quarter of the earth because the war is not so much over as… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
“To Mr. Blot, who went through life an unconscious example of the raison d'être of the British Empire, a shipwreck was merely… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Copy Share Image
“One Bagatelle, and I’ll raise you a novel,” Megan had tweeted back. “Writing for tea? Now that would have been a solution… — L.L. Barkat Copy Share Image
If you want something bad enough, you've got to make a bold move. George Washington, took on the British Empire. Neil Armstrong… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
The Jews might become the dynamite that will blow up the British Empire. — Ze'ev Jabotinsky Copy Share Image
One would have thought that if there was one cause in the world which the Conservative party would have hastened to defend,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There can never be a single, satisfactory comprehensive account of the 'history of the British empire.' — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The history of the British empire, the chapter of our national story that would have explained to my classmates why a child… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I have not become the Kings First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I venture to claim two qualifications for the great office which I hold, which to my mind, without making invidious distinctions, is… — Joseph Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Someone once said that nothing costs more and yields less benefit than revenge,” Aomame said. “Winston Churchill. As I recall it, though,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
In the same way the Brits had to get used to the idea that the sun had set on the British Empire,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Churchill was a big fat cannibal, Leopold was an ugly deadly virus, Columbus was a most wanted terrorist.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The British seizure of Hongkong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the British Empire: the takeover and… — Robert Trout Copy Share Image
The loss of India would mark and consummate the downfall of the British Empire. That great organism would pass at a stroke… — Lord Randolph Churchill Copy Share Image
It's clear that when we're this outnumbered by the creatures, we have to take a page from the British Empire and rule… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“the British Empire now stood at the very apex of modern civilization, and that it was the special burden of this empire… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
“The world of 1906...was a stable and a civilized world in which the greatness and authority of Britain and her Empire seemed… — Violet Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
