British Quote by Nigel Lawson

The British nation is unique, in that they are the only nation that like to be told how bad things are...

— Winston Churchill

Britain has always been a nation with a strong global focus. We have influenced change and built strong ties all round the world.

— Chris Grayling

Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears.

— Anonymous

We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines…

— Gordon Brown

There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries.

— Michael Ignatieff

It would be wrong to interpret the growth of British national consciousness in this period in terms of a new cultural and political uniformity…

— Linda Colley

The British are special. The world knows it. In our innermost thoughts we know it. This is the greatest nation on earth.

— Tony Blair

Contrary to received wisdom, the British are not an insular people in the conventional sense - far from it. For most of their early…

— Linda Colley

Britain is characterised not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness. We have always been a country that reaches out. That…

— David Cameron

Britain has a great sense of its own national pride. It's like the monarchy is the embodiment of that pride.

— John Lithgow

The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain.

— Andrew Marr

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