Civility Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Britain is not homogenous; it was never a society without conflict. The English fought tooth and nail over everything we know of as English…

— Stuart Hall

“... "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

England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old and silly.

— George Orwell

We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.

— George Bernard Shaw

There tends to be a jealousy in England towards countries that are successful.

— Chris O'Dowd

Is it what you call civilization that makes England flourish? Is it the universal development of the faculties of man that has rendered an…

— Benjamin Disraeli

I look upon England today as an old gentleman who is travelling with a great deal of baggage, trumpery which has accumulated fromlong housekeeping,…

— Henry David Thoreau

Objectively, class differences in accent, dress, manners, and general style of life are very much smaller; and one cannot, strolling about the street or…

— Anthony Crosland

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

— Karel Capek

England is obsessed with where you came from, and they are determined to keep you in that place, be it in a drawing room…

— Daniel Day-Lewis