Britain Quotes
700 Britain quotes by 462 unique authors
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Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.
— Harold MacMillan
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When you want to make it clear to the rest of the world that you are not an imperialist, the best countries to have with…
— Bill Maher
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I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.
— John Major
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Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid…
— John Major
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If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In…
— John Major
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In housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them with tower blocks…
— John Major
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If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have…
— Nelson Mandela
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Sham marriages have been widespread; people have been allowed to settle in Britain without being able to speak English; and there have not been rules…
— Theresa May
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Starting with the highest-risk countries, and focusing on the route to Britain that is widely abused, student visas, we will increase the number of interviews…
— Theresa May
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The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are…
— David Miliband
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I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that the two million…
— David Miliband
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I prefer the finesse of French humour. English humour is more scathing, more cruel, as illustrated by Monty Python and Little Britain.
— Helen Mirren
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I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who…
— Michael Moore
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We have to see that we're a part of each other, and we have to take care of each other. The reason why they have…
— Michael Moore
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Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our…
— Robert Mugabe
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Britain is a textbook case of how growing inequality leads to economic crisis. The years before the crash were marked by a sharp rise in…
— Frances O'Grady
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Britain's such a twisted, weird little place.
— Graham Norton
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
— Gary Numan
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There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt…
— Ehud Olmert
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Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.
— George Osborne
Who Wrote These Britain Quotes
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