British Quote by Gordon Brown

“The Industrial Revolution started and made its biggest strides in England because of her uniquely inclusive economic institutions. These in turn were built on…

— Daron Acemoğlu

Do you remember any instance where tyranny was destroyed and freedom established on its ruins, among a people possessing so small a share of…

— Patrick Henry

...and was disposed too often to idealize as a virtue that habit of mean subservience to wealth and social position which, after more than…

— R. H. Tawney

“Thus did I begin to see, or thought I began to see, how the British Conservatives kept the fierce, irrational loyalty of those whom…

— Christopher Hitchens

It is the clash of two different worlds that makes British-ness unique - we have an aristocratic, noble history, but it is always contrasted…

— Christopher Bailey

What is it that unites, on the left of British politics, George Orwell, Billy Bragg, Gordon Brown and myself? An understanding that identity and…

— David Blunkett

Britain has supported theocrats and dictators as long as it served British business interests, whether under Tory or Labour rule.

— Deeyah Khan

Daily we see how demographic change and uncertainty about what it means to be British is exploited by those with their own agenda; those…

— Chuka Umunna

We need to provide leadership, stability and confidence to the British people. We cannot indulge in parochial or nativist fantasies.

— Suella Braverman

“Delight in smooth-sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine…

— Winston S. Churchill

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

— Penny Mordaunt

The British soldier who thought himself superior, actually became so.

— Anonymous