England Quote by Albert Bushnell Hart

The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have,…

— Albert Bushnell Hart

England is so dominant within the U.K. that separate English and U.K. parliaments and governments are a recipe for weakness and instability.

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Local government in England is simply too big. Our lowest tier serves an average population of 118,500, while in the U.S. and across continental…

— Geoff Mulgan

I feel no doubt whatever that the parish laws of England have contributed to raise the price of provisions and to lower the real…

— Thomas Malthus

There tends to be a jealousy in England towards countries that are successful.

— Chris O'Dowd

Here in England the welfare of the State depends on the conduct of our aristocracy.

— Anthony Trollope

The truth is that it was local councils who asked for the power and the freedom to try different ways of encouraging residents to…

— Hilary Benn

Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.

— Dodie Smith

“In England, there was scarcely an amount of order and protection to justify much national boasting. Daring burglaries by armed men, and highway robberies,…

— Charles Dickens

Scanning the newspapers and absorbing with a mixture of incredulity and indignation the enormities they report, I conclude that what England lacks today is,…

— Paul Johnson

Though the profusion of Government must undoubtedly have retarded the natural progress of England to wealth and improvement, it has not been able to…

— Adam Smith

We are entering an era in which national government, instead of directing, enables powerful regional and local initiatives to work, where Britain becomes as…

— Gordon Brown