(95 quotes found)
“When I warned them (the French) that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his divided Cabinet, "In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken”
Winston Churchill
“If you are to give him the whole of Great Britain and Ireland for an estate, he would ask the Isle of Man for a potato garden”
Lord North
“If there is one thing Britain should learn from the last 50 years, it is this: Europe can only get more important for us.”
Tony Blair
“Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.”
Gordon Brown
“After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather.”
George Harrison
“It is unfortunate that Britain and, to some extent, the EU, has taken the position that in Africa, free and fair elections must be won by the opposition,”
Jonathan Moyo
“We really need to stop the imperialist tendencies of countries like the United States and Great Britain.”
Cindy Sheehan
“Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a common language.”
George Bernard Shaw
“The biggest attraction in Britain is Britain - the whole package. Our heritage is not just a collection of ornaments scattered across the country, it is Britain itself and makes us gloriously distinguishable from any other country.”
Bill Bryson
“Many people say they feel let down about the reasons why Britain went to war. They feel they weren't told the whole truth about it.”
Chris Rennard
