Freedom Quote by Daniel Hannan

“Perhaps an even more remarkable contribution of Britain to the growth of freedom in the world was its leading role in the destruction of…

— Thomas Sowell

It the British System is the most gigantic system of slavery the world has yet seen, and therefore it is that freedom gradually disappears…

— Henry Charles Carey

Most Britons still lived and died without encountering anyone whose skin colour was different from their own. Slaves, in short, did not threaten, at…

— Linda Colley

The attempt to regulate relations between people too closely, by means of the law, in the name of an abstraction such as equality, leads…

— Anthony Daniels

“The world dominance of Great Britain enabled it to impose its anti-slavery edicts on many other sovereign nations.”

— Thomas Sowell

Through its imperialist system Britain brought about untold suffering of millions of people. And this is an historical fact. To be able to admit…

— Nelson Mandela

“Americans have found it particularly difficult to come to terms with our “slave origins,” perhaps because the national history of the United States makes…

— Gavin Wright

Thanks to centuries of island freedom, when we were able to decide who came in and who didn't, it is far easier to disappear…

— Peter Hitchens

We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines…

— Gordon Brown

Instead of exporting what they perceived to be rational, modern, humane government to their colonies, the British often found themselves propping up deeply unattractive…

— Linda Colley

The spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to create one…

— Nigel Lawson

The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every man is free who breathes it.

— James Mansfield