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• Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster… — David Attenborough
• I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the… — Jose Manuel Barroso
• Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence. — Tony Benn
• We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we,… — Tony Blair
• Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime. — Tony Blair
• But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the… — Tony Blair
• Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new… — Tony Blair
• But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain,… — Bono
• I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he's up there with Bryan Ferry. — David Bowie
• The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers… — Bill Bryson
• Britain still has the most reliably beautiful countryside of anywhere in the world. I would hate to be part of… — Bill Bryson
• Monarchists frequently declare that without the royal family, Britain would be 'nothing.' What a woeful lack of love for one's… — Julie Burchill

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