British history Quote by Anton Walbrook

I could have wished that the reputations of many brave men were not to be imperilled in the mouth of a single individual, to…

— Thucydides

The courage of New England was the courage of conscience. It did not rise to that insane and awful passion, the love of war…

— Rufus Choate

I had the patriotic conviction that, given great leadership of the sort I heard from Winston Churchill in the radio broadcasts to which we…

— Margaret Thatcher

Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred…

— Robert Falcon Scott

In the dark days and darker nights when England stood alone-and most men save Englishmen despaired of England's life-he [Churchill] mobilized the English language…

— John F. Kennedy

Without the blessing of cowardice, the world would long since have been torn to bits.

— Mason Cooley

It would have been very much better for the world if Britain had remained neutral and the Germans had won a quick victory. We…

— Bertrand Russell

“The difference between the English and the rest of mankind is that the English have long known the truth about themselves — which makes…

— Romain Gary

Some of our German passengers on the ship would be crying. The Brits were the same way. They were crying, because they realized a…

— Frank Buckles

It is the English, not their Government; for if they were not blind cowards, they would lynch Chamberlain and Halifax and all the other…

— Enoch Powell

there couldn't be war, unless lies were believed. War has to be nourished by lies.

— Margaret Deland

Suppose they gave a war, and no one came?

— Leslie Parrish