Comparison Quote by Thomas Jefferson

England is so dominant within the U.K. that separate English and U.K. parliaments and governments are a recipe for weakness and instability.

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Herein indeed consists the excellence of the English government, that all parts of it form a mutual check upon each other.

— William Blackstone

We are a great country, and whatever choice we make we will still be great. But I believe the choice is between being an…

— David Cameron

But it is the best thing that we have for bringing the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging compromises so…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.

— Billy Connolly

Countries are different. They make different choices. We cannot harmonise everything. For example, it is neither right nor necessary to claim that the integrity…

— David Cameron

You can suddenly have a series of countries waking up and saying, 'I want the same status as the Brits,' which will be, de…

— Emmanuel Macron

England has not wholly escaped the curse which must ever befall a free government which holds extensive provinces in subjection; for, although she has…

— John C. Calhoun

People feel that European institutions are remote and bureaucratic, run by shady cosmopolitan elites. Britain is not absolutely exceptional because if you look at…

— Timothy Garton Ash

England is a country where people stay exactly as they are. The soul does not receive the slightest jolt.

— Natalia Ginzburg

If the hard Brexit happens, I would assume that London wouldn't be the centre of the tech world in Europe.

— Taavet Hinrikus

As Tony Blair has made clear, our fundamental challenge is how to make Europe work better.

— John Hutton