Despise Quote by Margot Asquith

The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; as soon…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I have often asked Americans wherein they consider their freedom superior to that of the English, but have never found them able to indicate…

— James Bryce

The English people think they are free; they are greatly deceived; they are free only during the election of members of Parliament.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“The people of England regards itself as free; but it is grossly mistaken; it is free only during the election of members of parliament.…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

England has been called, with great felicity of conception, 'the land of liberty and good sense.' We have preserved many of the advantages of…

— William Godwin

By the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country you are and ought to be as free a people as…

— Jonathan Swift

Many Americans remain very interested in royal goings-on in general, and not just because of their soap-opera appeal. To a greater degree than any…

— Linda Colley

It is the English-speaking nations who, almost alone, keep alight the torch of Freedom.

— Winston Churchill

We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're…

— Jesse Ventura

It's only merit was in being the first publication which carried the claim of our rights their whole length, and asserted that there was…

— Thomas Jefferson

It the British System is the most gigantic system of slavery the world has yet seen, and therefore it is that freedom gradually disappears…

— Henry Charles Carey

England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt that there…

— George Orwell