Able Quote by Hannah More

I do not propose to our British ladies, that they should turn Amazons in the service of their sovereign, nor so much as let…

— Joseph Addison

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand…

— Winston Churchill

“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 English take their pleasures sadly, after the fashion of their country.

— Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully

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

As a human being I am personally saddened, as I have a great deal of respect for the large number of British colleagues I…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

I did one of the first interviews with Mrs Thatcher. I think, from memory, she came across then as a sort of wishy-washy European.

— Angela Rippon

The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something…

— Damon Hill

The only silver lining I can find is that British accents aren't sexy anymore.

— Bill Maher

By the by, if the English race had done nothing else, yet if they left the world the notion of a gentleman, they would…

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

In Britain, it's almost as if we're ashamed of having ambition and drive.

— Cat Deeley

Sitting here now today, I can forgive a lot of the English people because it only takes a hand full of bad people to…

— Marvin Hagler