Time Quote by George Orwell

“Orwell once commented that “whether the British ruling class are wicked or merely stupid is one of the most difficult questions of our time,…

— Thomas E Ricks

“But the superiority of the British is that it is a matter of complete indifference to them if they appear to be stupid.”

— Margaret MacMillan

“By and large the aristocracy was intelligent enough. The problem was that its members had no need to live by their wits. Thus their…

— Loretta Chase

The ruling British elite are like animals--not only in their morality, but in their outlook on knowledge. They are clever animals, who are masters…

— Lyndon LaRouche

“I had long since realised that if there was greatness in Britain, then it lay in its everyday citizens, and not in its institutions.”

— Nikesh Shukla

“If there is an injustice or a barbarity possible, I might have been sure the law of England would make haste to perpetrate it.”

— Grant Allen

“What fools American can be for England”

— Charles Finch

“It’s the obvious, painful example, yes. The scandalous thing, really, is that I do not believe the English are the most superior beings to…

— Maya Rodale

“Britain wouldn’t have won the war without its eccentric geniuses.”

— Sara Sheridan

“The foundation of England's greatness is that Englishmen hate to look fools.”

— Arnold Bennett

“England is the most class-ridden country under the sun,” Orwell charged in “The Lion and the Unicorn.” “It is a land of snobbery and…

— Thomas E Ricks

“It makes me sick,the blindness, deadness, out-of-dateness, stodginess and, yes, sheer jealous malice of the great bulk of England.”

— John Fowles