Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Artist colonies are notorious for breaking up marriages and housing affairs. — Kerry Cohen Copy Share Image
I've taken a mail packet boat along the southern Newfoundland coast and spent some time on St. Pierre and Miquelon watching the… — Joseph Monninger Copy Share Image
Ever since the Meiji restoration in 1868, Japan has turned its back on Asia in general and China in particular: its pattern… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
We want to build colonies on the Moon, Mars, the Moons of other planets, and even nearby asteroids. We want to make… — Daniel Goldin Copy Share Image
Decolonization actually boosted slavery. As foreign powers withdrew from the colonies, people were enslaved by their own countrymen. And we see it… — Loretta Napoleoni Copy Share Image
Our country presents on every side the evidences of that continued favor under whose auspices it, has gradually risen from a few… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
When this country here was first being founded, there were 13 colonies. The whites were colonized. They were fed up with this… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
The House of Commons, refused to receive the addresses of the colonies, when the matter was pending; besides, we hold our rights… — Christopher Gadsden Copy Share Image
In the early days of the New England colonies, no more embarrassing or hampering condition, no greater temporal ill, could befall any… — Alice Morse Earle Copy Share Image
As far as actually setting up colonies of people who would live their whole lives in space, I think we're a long… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
By the year 1670, wooden chimneys and log houses of the Plymouth and Bay colonies were replaced by more sightly houses of… — Alice Morse Earle Copy Share Image
Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because… — Carlos Fuentes 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
It would be easy to assume that the open letter is a symptom of the Internet age. Such is not the case.… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
The big reason why we don't have space colonies and regular trips to the moon is that flying into outer space is… — Ben Parr Copy Share Image
“Conquest occurred through violence, and over-expolitation and oppression necessitate continued violence, so the army is present. There would be no contradiction in… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
The central fact of North American history is that there were fifteen British Colonies before 1776. Thirteen rebelled and two did not. — June Callwood Copy Share Image
“Semilla’s Phlegm-O-Matic promptly made an observation. ‘Wow Semilla look at that shuttle.’ ‘Keep your voice down Raymond we’re in danger,’ Semilla hissed.… — A.R. Merrydew Copy Share Image
As many as two out of every three Europeans who came to the colonies were debtors on arrival: they paid for their… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
“England and Brittany were places one came back from. But America, the colonies, and the Antilles were lost in some unknown region… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
New planted Colonies are generally attended with a Force and Necessity of Planting the known and approved Staple and Product of the… — John Lawson Copy Share Image
Colonies are necessary to Germany. We shall get them through negotiation if possible; but if not, we shall take them. — Hjalmar Schacht Copy Share Image
The colonies had little occasion to feel or to resent direct royal prerogative. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
Back in the days of the colonies, there were rules that were very good. — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
What was life like in the colonies? Probably the best word to describe it would be "colonial". — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
In government as well as in trade a new era came to the colonies in 1763. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
“Colonies are the outhouses of the European soul, where a fellow can let his pants down and relax, enjoy the smell of… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave… — Cecil Rhodes Copy Share Image
“The construction of space colonies will follow a similar pattern, so that by the year 2010 or thereabouts there will be many… — Gerard K. O'Neill Copy Share Image
Before they became Americans, most white inhabitants of the 13 colonies considered themselves British. It was predictable, therefore, that they would lust… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“For many years I have thought long term human survival in a climate changed world will probably occur in high altitude colonies… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I think we're a long ways from really putting colonies of people out there who would live their whole lives out there… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
“Then a severe frost succeeds which prepares it to receive the voluminous coat of snow which is soon to follow; though it… — H. St. John de Crèvecoeur Copy Share Image
Space exploration promised us alien life, lucrative planetary mining, and fabulous lunar colonies. News flash, ladies and gents: Space is nearly empty.… — Graham Hawkes Copy Share Image
The former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
