Science fiction Quote by Paul Xavier Jones

“I had long since realised that if there was greatness in Britain, then it lay in its everyday citizens, and not in its institutions.”

— Nikesh Shukla

“The people of England and their monarchy are only good at trade, but they have little or no experience on the battlefield. Thus, it…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Then, as now, nobody talked about the legacy of Empire. Britain had colonised, owned, occupied or interfered with half the world. We had carved…

— Jeanette Winterson

“The world changes. Now, one needs no army and no sword to conquer the world.”

— Diana Peterfreund

“But there is no such thing, sir, as a ghost, and I guess the laws of Nature are not going to be suspended for…

— Oscar Wilde

“I do not agree with you that England and America are the two great humanitarian powers. . . . [They are] materialistic first and humanitarian only a…

— Adam Hochschild

“when we are brave enough to be in the present, we have the power to transform the world.”

— Sakyong Mipham

“Britain is relying on you, Bob, so try not to make your usual hash of things.”

— Charles Stross

“Power does strange things to people. Even when they are dead.”

— Karan Bhatia

“There's only one London. That's it. We are what we are.”

— Craig Taylor

“... "England [sic] is just a small island. Its roads and houses are small. With few exceptions, it doesn't make things that people in…

— Mitt Romney

“It is a narrow policy to suppose that this country or that is to be marked out as the eternal ally or the perpetual…

— Lord Paulmerston