Intelligentsia Quote by George Orwell

“It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true, that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during…

— George Orwell

England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt that there…

— George Orwell

“If a king should fall under such contempt or envy that he could not keep his subjects in their duty but by oppression and…

— Thomas More

If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!

— Marilyn Ferguson

Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English.

— William Shakespeare

“The withdrawal of the king from the narrative exposes the king as an irrelevance. The one with all the power can do nothing to…

— Walter Brueggemann

“In England a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which in plain terms, is to impoverish…

— Thomas Paine

“Indeed, during the ensuring centuries, Englishmen repeatedly protested that a king could “not break or dispense with the positive laws,” and they asked, “What…

— Philip Hamburger

“Someone who spoke English had been listening to his speeches of promised freedom and would have realized they were the drunken lies of men…

— Bill Carter

“Londoners had no particular objection to the King making a fool of himself, but they became indignant when it became evident that he wished…

— G.K. Chesterton

“In God’s kingdom we are not just people He saves but fellow heirs of all that the King has.”

— Hugh Halter

“Some kings of England could not read or write; some died of illness which would keep us in bed only for a week or…

— P.J. Sidey