Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
Artist colonies are notorious for breaking up marriages and housing affairs. — Kerry Cohen Copy Share Image
I'm from the colonies, so I remember when the sun never set on the British Empire. — Shahid Khan 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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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
“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 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
I love going to writers' colonies in pastoral settings where there's nothing to do but either walk around or read a book… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
We have no poor houses in the Colonies, and if we had, we would have no one to put in them, as… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they [the Colonies] raised their flag against a power to… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
“Maybe your college professor taught that the legacy of colonialism explains Third World poverty. That’s nonsense as well. Canada was a colony.… — Walter Williams 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
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
“There’s several colonies setup on islands that have not been touched yet by Europeans and I’m sure some of them will be… — Gordon Allard 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
We inherit every one of our genes, but we leave the womb without a single microbe. As we pass through our mother's… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
The loss of the American colonies was the first time the process of British empire building had been put significantly into reverse,… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
“What's a colony without its dusky natives? Where's the fun if they're all going to die off? Just a big chunk of… — Thomas Pynchon 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 die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph… we must not retreat. — George III 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 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
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
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
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
“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
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