British Quote by Amartya Sen

When Benjamin Disraeli spoke of the 'two nations' in Britain he was perfectly right, only the working classes were not exactly a nation. But…

— Norbert Elias

Organizing the working class in England or the U.S. or any other advanced capitalist country has been a daunting challenge.

— Bill Ayers

If you read the 'Daily Mail,' you would imagine that the British middle classes lead lives of unremitting misery.

— Simon Hoggart

Through its imperialist system Britain brought about untold suffering of millions of people. And this is an historical fact. To be able to admit…

— Nelson Mandela

When imperialism feels weak, it resorts to brute force.

— Hugo Chavez

The working classes in England were always sentimental, and the Irish and Scots and Welsh. The upper-class English are the stiff-upper-lipped ones. And the…

— Tracey Ullman

Britain's obsession with class has always been there.

— Jean Marsh

In both British and American history, fervent imperialism has always coexisted with bouts of fierce isolationism.

— Linda Colley

The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

— Charley Reese

Imperialism was born when the ruling class in capitalist production came up against national limits to its economic expansion.

— Hannah Arendt

There's unrecognizable change happening in Britain. The life prospects and job prospects, particularly of working-class people, have been severely dented. Without anyone being asked.

— Nigel Farage

Out of the suffering of the 1930s, Britain built a civilising society, based in large part on the important lesson that unemployment is rarely…

— John McDonnell