Battle Quote by Julian Baggini

I am delighted to learn that the small part I played in the campaign to protect the white cliffs of Dover has been so…

— Vera Lynn

Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of…

— Stanley Baldwin

Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England…

— Stanley Baldwin

“Now that war was spilling over into different continents, the resulting dispersal of Britain’s naval resources left traditional European frontier sites like Menorca more…

— Linda Colley

“British Empire had demonstrated that there was no greater blind spot on its map of benevolence than the conquered land closest to home.”

— Tim Egan

In the past, Britons were scathing about the cruelties of the old Roman empire and the excesses of Catholic empire builders such as the…

— Linda Colley

The white cliffs of Dover are a significant landmark and it is so encouraging to know that they will now be protected for future…

— Vera Lynn

“The key ‘subtle influences’ were enumerated as: the rise of the city over the countryside, the loss of Britons’ maritime skills, the growth of…

— Charles Emmerson

“Battles against Rome have been lost and won before, but hope was never abandoned, since we were always here in reserve. We, the choicest…

— Tacitus

Aspects of life here civility, courtesy, coziness have always bound Britons to their country . . . They are part of the British myth,…

— R. W. Apple

For me, Modern Warfare 3 's plot makes its signature turn around the bend when Russia invades Europe. As in, all of it. Simultaneously.…

— Yahtzee Croshaw

Britain has some of the finest climbing on the planet, with a sense of wilderness that rivals anywhere else on earth. You can be…

— Steve Backshall