Assuming Quote by Ronald Knox

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

— Anonymous

The best thing about being from Britain is that it's a melting pot of cultures, characters, and creativity. I couldn't imagine coming from anywhere…

— Gabriella Wilde

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like…

— Winston Churchill

I think England has been in the long-term damaged by Britishness.

— Neal Ascherson

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

— Tony Blair

I think, generally, British people are more culturally cynical about the things that involve our own country. Especially the royals.

— Claire Foy

England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.

— John Cleese

Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also…

— Pete Townshend

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

— Winston Churchill

The very notion of Great Britain's 'greatness' is bound up with empire. Euro-scepticism and Little Englander nationalism could hardly survive if people understood whose…

— Stuart Hall

Through its imperialist system Britain brought about untold suffering of millions of people. And this is an historical fact. To be able to admit…

— Nelson Mandela

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