Quote by James Thomson Download Open image “Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.” — James Thomson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of her land, And guardian angels sung the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every man is free who breathes it. — James Mansfield Copy Share Image
The attempt to regulate relations between people too closely, by means of the law, in the name of an abstraction such as equality, leads… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves. — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
“The world dominance of Great Britain enabled it to impose its anti-slavery edicts on many other sovereign nations.” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Every human on the planet is descended from both slaves and slave owners. What makes Britain unusual is not that we engaged in the… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
England are still the only difference in the world was the first British Empire were slaves of the slaves of today's English language — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel's united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted. — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works… — James Thomson Copy Share Image
“Surely I write not for the hopeful young, Or those who deem their happiness of worth, Or such as pasture and grow fat among… — James Thomson Copy Share Image
“And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all:… — James Thomson Copy Share Image
That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others. — James Thomson Copy Share Image
“Our Mother feedeth thus our little life, That we may in turn feed her with our death” — James Thomson Copy Share Image
“How the moon triumphs through the endless nights! How the stars throb and glitter as they wheel Their thick processions of supernal lights Around… — James Thomson Copy Share Image
But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers? — James Thomson Copy Share Image
“Who is most wretched in this dolorous place? I think myself; yet I would rather be My miserable self than He, than He Who… — James Thomson Copy Share Image
I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop. — James Thomson Copy Share Image