Colonies Quotes

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The American colonies, all know, were greatly opposed to taxation without representation. They were also, a less celebrated quality, equally opposed to taxation with representation. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will… — George III
America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies. — James F. Cooper
Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent. — Benjamin Disraeli
We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep. — Queen Elizabeth II
All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist nation that is supporting the colonial regime in the colonies… — Nikita Khrushchev
The revolutionary breakthrough will come with rockets that are fully and rapidly reusable. We will never conquer Mars unless we do that. It'll be too… — Elon Musk
The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as… — Rand Paul
We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is… — Cecil Rhodes
I don't really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything. — Sigourney Weaver
Although prefabrication has a long history - the ancient Romans shipped pre-cut stone columns, pediments, and other architectural elements to their colonies in North Africa,… — Martin Filler
I hate the endless admonishments of a nanny state that lives in fear of its lawyers. While colonies of dim-witted traffic wardens swarm about looking… — Christopher Fowler
Skin, bones, blood and organs transplant from person to person. Even whatâ€™s inside you already, the colonies of microbes and bugs that eat your food… — Chuck Palahniuk
America is subsidizing what is left of the prestige and strength of the once mighty Britain. The sun has set forever on that monocled, pith-helmeted… — Malcolm X
The inferior position of blacks, the exclusion of Indians from the new society, the establishment of supremacy for the rich and powerful in the new… — Howard Zinn
I just wanted all the wars to be over so that we could spend the money on starships and Mars colonies. — Grant Morrison
Now she realized that she was not peering at a so-dark-blue-it-looked-black ocean, but rather she was looking straight through miles of incredibly clear water at… — Fuyumi Ono
That these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British… — Richard Henry Lee
While General Howe with a Large Armament is advancing towards New York, our Congress resolved to Declare the United Colonies free and Independent States. A… — Abraham Clark
Decolonization actually boosted slavery. As foreign powers withdrew from the colonies, people were enslaved by their own countrymen. And we see it in Africa, we… — Loretta Napoleoni

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