Break Quote by Fay Weldon

The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today.

— George Mikes

I think deep down, this planet yearns for the days of the British Empire again. They long once more to be treated that badly,…

— John Oliver

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

— Dean Acheson

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

— Robert Trout

I think people in Great Britain are a bit jaded sometimes.

— Annie Lennox

[Should Britain fail, then the entire world would] sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister ... by the lights…

— Winston Churchill

As any Brit will understand, things get a little easier when you don't have to be number one any more. Really, the fall of…

— John Oliver

In Britain, what we've done is say to 485 million people, 'You can all come, every one of you. You're unemployed? You've got a…

— Nigel Farage

I think we're all guilty of it as British citizens: if something gets big, we go, 'Ugh.'

— Winston Marshall

It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire with all its glories and all the services it has…

— Winston Churchill

“When individuals blunder, it is unfortuante and their families go down. When rulers fail, it is a national tragedy”

— Gurcharan Das

We boast of being one of the oldest democracies in existence and it is a point of pride for many of us that British…

— Layla Moran