Travel writing Quote by Henry James

In England, we have a curious institution called the Church of England. Its strength has always been in the fact that on any moral…

— Auberon Waugh

“But though a Church of England man thinks every species of government equally lawful, he does not think them equally expedient; or for every…

— Jonathan Swift

The merit claimed for the Anglican Church is that, if you let it alone, it will let you alone.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“And here, though it makes an odd sound, yet it is necessary to say, that whoever professes himself a member of the Church of…

— Jonathan Swift

“Elizabeth has told me many times that if she should become queen, it is her dearest wish that no Englishman should lose his life…

— Ken Follett

“God, save me from temperance," Tilly said. "You haven't seen a party till you get a group of Anglicans and Catholics trying to beat…

— James S.A. Corey

“Father Brown smiled faintly. ‘I suppose in one sense,’ he said, ‘it was a matter of special knowledge; almost a professional matter, but in…

— G.K. Chesterton

We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been…

— Jonathan Sacks

"The Church of England," I said, seeing that Mr. Inglesant paused, "is no doubt a compromise."

— Joseph Henry Shorthouse

The religion of England is part of good-breeding. When you see on the continent the well-dressed Englishman come into his ambassador's chapel and put…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“For if you look over the State of Religion as it standeth in Christendom, there is no Church whatsoever which will accept you as…

— William Stephens

“This is certainly a beautiful country!  In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed…

— Emily Brontë