Britain Quote by Peter Padfield

There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not upon visionary ideas, but upon the long experience of…

— William E. Gladstone

Many people worked with the inspiration to free the country by throwing the British out. After formal departure of the British this inspiration slackened.…

— M. S. Golwalkar

“These countries formally achieved independence ,but they didn't achieve real freedom, since freedom of any kind is primarily spiritual.the independence of a people which…

— Alija Izetbegović

And it is undeniably true that the greatest and most important right of a British subject is that he shall be governed by no…

— Joseph Warren

Freedom was the desire of our people throughout centuries. Freedom enabled our people to be owners of their destiny.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Freedom is not a gift received from the State or leader, but a possession to be won every day by the effort of each…

— Albert Camus

The great theme of modern British history is the fate of freedom. The 18th century inherits, after the Civil War, this very peculiar political…

— Simon Schama

What is national freedom if not a people’s inner freedom to cultivate its abilities along the beaten path of its history?

— Ahad Ha'am

But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.

— Thomas Dunn English

Freedom is participation in power.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.

— Rufus Choate

The spirit of the South Atlantic was the spirit of Britain at her best. It has been said that we surprised the world, that…

— Margaret Thatcher