British Quotes

1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors

The very same British and American families who had combined to wreck the Indian textile industry in the promotion of the opium trade [...] combined… — John Coleman
We did not lack for religious leaders to urge us into "godly" war [...]. All of this was part of a well-financed propaganda campaign on… — Eustace Mullins
I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
The British could leave and half India wouldn't notice us leaving just as they didn't notice us arriving. All our reforms of administration might be… — J. G. Farrell
In no country has the historical blackout been more intense and effective than in Great Britain. Here it has been ingeniously christened The Iron Curtain… — Harry Elmer Barnes
It is fundamental to socialism that we should liquidate the British Empire as soon as we can — Stafford Cripps
Although socialism is widely held by the establishment to be outdated, the things that are most popular in British society today are little pockets of… — Tony Benn
Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far larger part in… — Tony Benn
Parliamentary democracy is, in truth, little more than a means of securing a periodical change in the management team, which is then allowed to preside… — Tony Benn
Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I think a better… — Tony Abbott
Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage — Tony Abbott
For all the casual slurs about 'cultural imperialism', British imperialists were more interested in other cultures than anybody before or since, and, if they hadn't… — Mark Steyn
Further, not only the United States, but the French, British, Germans and the United Nations all thought Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction before the… — Jim Gerlach
I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France,… — Dominique de Villepin
I think that we must come together progressively, with the British, the Germans, the Spanish, the Italians and with the new members of the European… — Jean-Pierre Raffarin
The British were sporting. They would accept a fight under almost all conditions. — Gunther Rall
The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters. — Alexis Korner
I've had more than 12,000 emails from the United States. It's not easy in the United States to find out the email address of a… — George Galloway
The most foreign fighters in Iraq are wearing British and American uniforms. The level of self-delusion is bordering frankly on the racist. The vast majority… — George Galloway
I began thinking there should be an American phrase book, 'cause I've got an Italian phrase book, and an Arabic one... now a British one.… — Joe Strummer
The British fans are very intense, maybe even more so than fans in the U.S.! They're great. — Austin Mahone
When in August 1793 a British delegation showed their hosts a terrestrial globe, it turned into a diplomatic incident, for the Chinese were furious to… — Margaret Thatcher
It is recorded how towards the end of the eighteenth century a Muslim visitor to England was taken to see the House of Commons at… — Margaret Thatcher
Let me give you my vision: A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the… — Margaret Thatcher

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