British Government Quotes
30 British Government quotes by 23 unique authors
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For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.
— Gerry Adams
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In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess, there is danger where men…
— Alexander Hamilton
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When I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial reports a decade…
— Edgar Mitchell
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The British government has urged its citizens to abstain from alcohol at least two days a week. Or to make it easier to remember, whenever…
— Conan O'Brien
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The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.
— George W. Bush
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No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
— Barbara Tuchman
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If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and…
— Martin McGuinness
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The British government needs to bring its system in Ireland under control.
— Martin McGuinness
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The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that…
— John Hume
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I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.
— Harold MacMillan
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The British government believes we must be resolved to disarming Saddam Hussein. It must be done before the terror weapons he possesses can be used…
— Geoff Hoon
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Armed struggle is a necessary and morally correct form of resistance in the Six Counties against a government whose presence is rejected by the vast…
— Gerry Adams
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No Irish nationalist could support any treaty which institutionalizes British government claims to a part of Irish national territory. Indeed, the term - 'constitutional nationalism'-…
— Gerry Adams
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I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection…
— Jay Kay
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If the deaf are to hear, the sound has to be very loud. When we dropped the bomb, it was not our intention to kill…
— Bhagat Singh
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The British government had not engaged in any serious actual oppression of the colonies before 1774, but it had claimed powers not granted by the…
— Edmund Morgan
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I gave my parole once, and it has been shamefully violated by the British Government; I shall not give another to people on whom no…
— Christopher Gadsden
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The British government - any government - is potentially the worst [architectural] client in the world.
— Thomas Heatherwick
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You know of our sympathetic interest in this country in Iran's desire to control its natural resources. From this point of view we were happy…
— Harry S. Truman
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Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.
— Martin McGuinness
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The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door.
— Martin McGuinness
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No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in…
— Donald Sutherland
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Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it…
— Stafford Cripps
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No one will expect the British Government or the Government of India to give way to threats of violence, disorder and chaos; and, indeed, representatives…
— Stafford Cripps
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The British Government and the Irish Government have accepted very clearly the Mitchell Report.
— Dick Spring
Who Wrote These British Government Quotes
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