Colonies Quote by Albert Bushnell Hart Download Open image “The colonies had little occasion to feel or to resent direct royal prerogative.” — Albert Bushnell Hart ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Colonies Direct Feel Little Occasion
Monarchists frequently declare that without the royal family, Britain would be 'nothing.' What a woeful lack of love for one's country such statements express. — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
The affairs of the royal house form a subject of conversation for those who, as a rule, would have no conversation. — Marthe Bibesco Copy Share Image
You must not deprive the colonies of their right to make laws for themselves. Parliament should only make laws necessary for the empire as… — Thomas Hutchinson 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 neither from… — Christopher Gadsden 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
There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick. — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
My concern is less the monarchy as such than the attempt of a fading colonial power to hang onto grandeur. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent. — James Otis Copy Share Image
“. . .for the designated successor to royal authority, the Sovereign People, was no more capable than Louis XVI of reconciling freedom with power.” — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
“Across the Atlantic, in another theatre of the identity wars, the British prime minister was narrowing the definition of Britishness to exclude multiplicity, internationalism,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
'Good wine needs no bush', and if there were need to urge the reading of history it would be proof that history is too… — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with… — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
Each colony became accustomed to planting new settlements and to claiming new boundaries. — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined… — Albert Bushnell Hart 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 adult Puritan… — Alice Morse Earle 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 two stories,… — Alice Morse Earle 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 Country, as… — John Lawson 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 neither from… — Christopher Gadsden 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 space tourism… — Daniel Goldin 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 we were… — Carlos Fuentes 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 of aggression… — Martin Jacques 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 that, if… — Albert Memmi 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. ‘Raymond?’ Burt… — A.R. Merrydew Copy Share Image
Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
