18th century Quote by William Rees-Mogg

By 18th century standards, they [Great Britain] were the freest, most dynamic, most willing to challenge tradition and authority. They had the highest wages…

— Charles R. Morris

I think Britain is a little better at bringing intellectuals into discourse than America, where I'm from. Though I would say, perhaps, that the…

— Lionel Shriver

The move towards neoliberalism in Britain was intimately bound up with the embrace of the U.S. as the country to be aped and copied.

— Martin Jacques

The older generation may see us as plucky little Britain, on the Edge of Europe. But more and more of the post-war generation see…

— Harry Enfield

Even leaving aside its military bases, America's influence on the domestic ordering of British life has been enormous, though sometimes unrecognised.

— Linda Colley

I think Brits probably feel that Americans are more like us than vice-versa, if that makes sense. Because we get everything American over here…

— Hayley Atwell

England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it's given them a different perspective.

— Elizabeth McGovern

It may be easily shown, and is of no small significance, that the two great ideas of which the Anglo-Saxon is the exponent are…

— Josiah Strong

American audiences tend to underappreciate the British, but 240 years ago they were us: They were the most powerful nation on Earth. Their mercantile…

— Rick Atkinson

The United States of America will sound as pompously in the world or in history as The Kingdom of Great Britain.

— Thomas Paine

The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography.

— Neil Gaiman

Unlike many of its European neighbors, Britain shares many of America's financial traits.

— Robert Kiyosaki