Attempting Quote by Dean Acheson

Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.

— Dean Acheson

“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

We are a great country, and whatever choice we make we will still be great. But I believe the choice is between being an…

— David Cameron

The British Empire has advanced to a new conception of autonomyand freedom, to the idea of a system of British nations, each freely ordering…

— George VI

The very notion of Great Britain's 'greatness' is bound up with empire. Euro-scepticism and Little Englander nationalism could hardly survive if people understood whose…

— Stuart Hall

The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain.

— Andrew Marr

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

Britain is a European power. We cannot change our geography. Our involvement in the politics of European cooperation is one of necessity. Our wealth…

— Charles Kennedy

We had to do what we had to do - Britain is great again.

— Margaret Thatcher

It's the UK: We have to get beyond that imperialist state. I think that kind of imperialist, hierarchical, elitist state has made it easier…

— Irvine Welsh

A dynamic Britain, free from the E.U., can be the greatest force of good in the world.

— Priti Patel

The United States wants a strong United Kingdom as a partner. And the United Kingdom is at its best when it's helping to lead…

— Barack Obama