Britain Quote by David Lloyd George

In the end it may well be that Britain will be honored by the historians more for the way she disposed of an empire…

— David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech

This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Britain will be honoured by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it.

— Lord Harlech

In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to…

— William Whipple

I am impressed with the belief that our naval force ought not to cost more in proportion than the British. In some things they…

— John C. Calhoun

What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.

— Ernest Bevin

...without a Respectable Navy, Alas America!

— John Paul Jones

If Britain were honest, which I dispute, she would then embrace all nations on terms of equality.

— Mahatma Gandhi

In my opinion, any navy less than that which would give us the habitual command of our own coast and seas would be little…

— John C. Calhoun

In both world wars, Britain understood that our national sovereignty could only endure if we cooperated with other nations. That our fate is inexorably…

— Ed Davey

However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbours, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve…

— Neville Chamberlain

If America does not wish to end her days in the same nursing home as Britannia she had best end this geo-babble about new…

— Pat Buchanan