Britain Quotes
700 quotes by 462 authors
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Part of what makes a language 'alive' is its constant evolution. I would hate to think Britain would ever emulate France, where they actually have…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The minds of youth are perpetually led to the history of Greece and Rime or to Great Britain; Boys are constantly repeating the declamations of…
— Noah Webster
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You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine. It [Great Britain] is the country with the worst food after Finland.
— Jacques Chirac
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[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was governor of Pennsylvania,…
— George Mason
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Not to our surprise, we discover that gun crime in Britain is up 10.9 percent since the disarmament of the private citizen.
— Jeff Cooper
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Along with William Shakespeare and Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin is Britain's greatest gift to the world. He was our greatest thinker.
— Richard Dawkins
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In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon…
— Isoroku Yamamoto
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Britain needs a real push. It needs nationalism. The sort of spirit that comes during a war. It needs people really to want to see…
— Ratan Tata
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If a little less time was devoted to the translation of letters by Julius Caesar describing Britain 2000 years ago and a little more time…
— Unknown Author
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It is a terrible commentary on Christian civilization that the longest period of slave-raiding known to history was initiated by the action of Spain, Portugal,…
— H. A. L. Fisher
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If we are tough on crime and on terrorism, as Labour is, then I think Britain will be safer under Labour
— Peter Hain
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The art critics on some of Britain's newspapers could as easily have been assigned gardening or travel, and been cheerfully employed for life.
— Charles Saatchi
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The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the…
— Roy Hattersley
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Winter regularly takes many more lives than any heat wave: 25,000 to 50,000 each year die in Britain from excess cold. Across Europe, there are…
— Bjorn Lomborg
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The transition to a low-carbon economy will be one of the defining issues of the 21st century. This plan sets out a route-map for the…
— Ed Miliband
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The relationship between Britain and the US is fantastically important when confronting terrorism.
— Tony Blair
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Britain and Pakistan will jointly fight the menace of terrorism .. Both the countries are facing a common threat of terrorism and we know that…
— Gordon Brown
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Yes I have had a tan, actually. I went to Los Angeles and got one there, but it didn't make it back to Britain. You're…
— Steven Morrissey
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I am from Britain and think it is right that as a woman I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it…
— Emma Watson
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