Britain Quote by Dean Acheson Download Open image “Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.” — Dean Acheson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Britain Found Great britain Lost
Great Britain has lost an Empire and not yet found a role. The attempt to playa separate power rolethat is, a role apart from… — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
The British especially have no excuse for forgetting that empire is a most complex and persistent beast. And it has claws. — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
When I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire. — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
“The long-term integrity of the empire would not be assured by warm words alone. Britain"s own position in the empire had changed. Once, the… — Charles Emmerson Copy Share Image
Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats. — Robert Trout Copy Share Image
Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves. — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire. — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
How could the USA champion individual freedom in the world generally while denying it to an important minority in its own country. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it… — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
Between 9 and 10 AM the American radio is concerned almost exclusively with love. It seems a little like ending breakfast with a stiff bourbon. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
The Iraqi is really not whacky toady, perhaps, even tacky. When they gave him the word, he gave us the bird and joined with… — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty, as they do air, without thought or appreciation. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the… — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In Britain, the press want to kill a show by revealing what's coming up and spoiling the pleasure. — Hugh Bonneville Copy Share Image
It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely… — Diane Abbott Copy Share Image
The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art doesn't make… — Peter Maxwell Davies Copy Share Image
We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
As for whether what happened in Britain improves[Donald] Trump's chances of winning, I don't think so. He has the same chances; we may just… — Christopher Michael Cillizza Copy Share Image
It was very hard breaking into the film industry in Britain. I had been to art school, and I was painting and doing commercials.… — Tony Scott Copy Share Image
Germany has always stood for an E.U. of the 27 countries. But in light of Britain's continued resistance to further integration steps, as we… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
Heartless though it may seem to some, among the least harmful things to eat are sustainably culled wild animals. In the absence of natural… — Tristram Stuart Copy Share Image