American history Quote by Sarah Vowell

What we've found is a whole new pattern of change that we hadn't thought of before. They changed their attitude toward the colony over…

— William M. Kelso

The loss of the American colonies was the first time the process of British empire building had been put significantly into reverse, and became…

— David Olusoga

The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.

— Barack Obama

I used to hate Boston.

— Jayson Tatum

I loathed my first term boarding at Bryanston school in Dorset. I hated being away from home; I think I had my parents in…

— Ben Fogle

I'm a sucker for lost worlds. I was nostalgic even as a child. I was happiest in my hometown library in Adams, Mass., where…

— Stacy Schiff

I hated my whole childhood, hated it, hated it, hated it. There was no place for me.

— Sandra Bullock

I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined, that our nation,…

— Anonymous

I hated Long Island, and I had to get out.

— Peggy Lipton

What was life like in the colonies? Probably the best word to describe it would be "colonial".

— Dave Barry

I went to a school in Cambridge, which I thought was completely rotten. Yes, hated it. Now they want me to go back there…

— David Gilmour

I'll tell you what colonial experience is.

— Ryszard Kapuscinski