British Quote by Arthur Balfour

I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic…

— Douglas Hyde

I can only have admiration for the Irish as a nation.

— Kasper Schmeichel

My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all-embracing and I should reject that patriotism which sought to mount the distress or exploitation…

— Mahatma Gandhi

I am a proud Englishman, having been born and raised in London. However, I am just as proud of my family's Irish heritage and…

— Declan Rice

“. . . I still hold two truths with equal and fundamental certainty. One: the British did terrible things to the Irish. Two: the…

— John Dominic Crossan

Nationalism must now be added to the refuse pile of superstitions. We are now citizens of the world, and the man who divides the…

— George Bernard Shaw

Patriotism can only flourish only where racism and nationalism are given no quarter. We should never mistake patriotism for nationalism. A patriot is one…

— Johannes Rau

I'm a patriot, but I'm also a European. I think the two go together.

— Betty Boothroyd

With the Celtic Warrior thing, I wanted to convey a positive sense of Ireland.

— Sheamus

Maybe part of my animus against the English is the way they have always treated the Irish and they way they still think about…

— Jane Jacobs

“In England patriotism takes different forms in different classes, but it runs like a connecting thread through nearly all of them. Only the Europeanized…

— George Orwell

I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.

— Gary Numan