British Quote by George Mikes

The real weakness of England lies, not in incomplete armaments or unfortified coasts, not in the poverty that creeps through sunless lanes, or the…

— Oscar Wilde

Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England is…

— Ronald Knox

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

People fail you, children disappoint you, thieves break in, moths corrupt, but an Order of the British Empire goes on for ever.

— Fay Weldon

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face…

— Winston Churchill

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

The British people have a global outlook, they are generous, and when they see suffering and injustice they are motivated to act.

— Penny Mordaunt

“Britain is no longer ‘Thatcherite’, though in the aftermath of ‘Brexit’, it may even be worse. The need to temper British imperial nostalgia with…

— Shashi Tharoor

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like…

— Winston Churchill

There's nothing worse than the British in one of their fits of morality.

— Stephen Fry

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

— Annie Lennox

The British nation is unique, in that they are the only nation that like to be told how bad things are...

— Winston Churchill