Books Quote by Kwasi Kwarteng

“There is a fascination here that holds rich and poor, strong and weak captive,not with chains and fetters but by an almost touchable solace...”

— Barbara Taylor Woodall

But while the British empire is easy to write about, it is very difficult to summarise. This is because what we call 'empire' spans…

— Kwasi Kwarteng

“After the British victory against Napoleon, Britain was indisputably the leading global power. The British Empire expanded significantly toward Asia, driven by the advances…

— Charles River Editors

By 1917, thanks to the new munitions factories and the women that worked in them, the British Empire was supplying more than 50 million…

— Saul David

You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like…

— Doris Lessing

Happy Independence Day to Pakistan! On this day sixty-six years ago the country gained sovereignty from the British Empire.

— Anonymous

Let it be our endeavour, let it be our task, to keep alight the torch of imperial patriotism, to hold fast the affection and…

— Joseph Chamberlain

A nationally known advertising man wrote me theother day ... to suggest that we tell the truth, i.e., that we are not concerned with…

— Anonymous

“First law of poultry farming: keep your livestock busy with trivial problems, so they stay ever oblivious to systemic criminal activities. That's why the…

— Abhijit Naskar

Canada's ruling circles seek to ally themselves more closely with American imperialism without giving up the economic advantages of membership in the British Empire.

— Tim Buck

“People still said that “The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire,” even though the Commonwealth was starting to come apart. In spite of…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater Two

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