Britain Quote by J. B. Priestley

“It is a bit rich for the Brits to suppress, exploit, imprison, torture and maim a people for 200 years and then celebrate the…

— Shashi Tharoor

After each war there is a little less democracy left to save.

— Brooks Atkinson

A long war almost always places nations in this sad alternative: that their defeat delivers them to destruction and their triumph to despotism.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The fact is that Britain is the most warlike nation on earth. In the history of armed combat, we are the only democracy to…

— Jeremy Clarkson

Britain, along with the U.S.A., is war weary, and after the travesty of Iraq and Afghanistan, has grave misgivings in any future involvement in…

— Paul Conroy

After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

— Brooks Atkinson

The war waged against terror since September 11 puts a strain on democracy itself, because it is mostly waged in secret, using means that…

— Michael Ignatieff

The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship.

— Frederick Forsyth

Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership…

— Bob Riley

Iraq and Afghanistan are now democracies and they are allies in the cause of freedom and peace.

— George W. Bush

The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain.

— Andrew Marr

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

— Irving Babbitt