Ambivalence Quote by Lionel Barber

Much of how Americans have always understood their history, culture, and identity depends on positioning Europe as the 'other,' as that 'old world' against…

— Linda Colley

If there is one thing Britain should learn from the last 50 years, it is this: Europe can only get more important for us.

— Tony Blair

It is so important for European countries, post-Second World War, to prove that they can be successful multiethnic and multiracial democracies. I think we…

— David Cameron

Britain is a European power. We cannot change our geography. Our involvement in the politics of European cooperation is one of necessity. Our wealth…

— Charles Kennedy

I hate this argument that says little Britain or something outside, or Britain is part of a wider Europe. We can both be within…

— Iain Duncan Smith

When Americans talks about Europeans, they are thinking Britain and the rest of Europe. When we [ Britains] talk about Europeans, we talk about…

— Steve Coogan

We need to realise we are Europeans before we belong to a region or a Nation.

— Janne Teller

We need to provide leadership, stability and confidence to the British people. We cannot indulge in parochial or nativist fantasies.

— Suella Braverman

We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.

— Wendell Willkie

“But nevertheless, what remains - very broadly diffused through the modern British consciousness - is a warmish afterglow generated by a sense that Britain's…

— Stephen Green

When I see the cultural diversity that exists today, I feel that we must defend it, and we need Europe, because otherwise we are…

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values; our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism; and our…

— David Blunkett