Britons Quote by James Thomson

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

Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them.

— George Bernard Shaw

Remember, Sir, that [England] began the slave trade!

— Benjamin Franklin

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

A Briton even in love should be A subject, not a slave!

— William Wordsworth

The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every man is free who breathes it.

— James Mansfield

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

Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves.

— Tony Benn

“The world dominance of Great Britain enabled it to impose its anti-slavery edicts on many other sovereign nations.”

— Thomas Sowell

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

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

Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel's united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted.

— Robert Burns