Britain Quotes

More Irishmen died fighting for Britain in World War I than died fighting against her in all of Ireland's bids for independence combined.

In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth from Britain or any nation.

Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.

You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.

Courtesy is not dead - it has merely taken refuge in Great Britain.

I am the most unselfish chef in Britain today.

Britain needs to change its immigration system - and the only way to do that is to vote Leave.

Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that it's a perfect democratic society full of erotically charged girls.

In Britain, the press want to kill a show by revealing what's coming up and spoiling the pleasure.

Churchill wrote his own speeches. When a leader does that, he becomes emotionally invested with his utterances...If Churchill had had a speech write in 1940, Britain would be speaking German today.

All monarchs I hate, and the thrones they sit on, From the hector of France to the cully of Britain.

Britain has bred many great explorers, but they seem to get so little coverage compared to soccer and rugby players.

A fundamental reason why Britain was not torn apart by civil war after 1688 was that its inhabitants' aggression was channelled so regularly and so remorsely into war and imperial expansion abroad.

I am very proud that Britain has helped to lead a stronger case on climate change in the EU and the EU has led the case across the world.

I am the last of Britain's stately homos.

Not surprisingly, extensive effort in Britain and America goes into finding tax shelter. the system is "efficient" for the shelter industry, not for the economy.

Our language and literature are without a doubt Britain's greatest contribution to the cultural heritage of the world.

Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves.

All the evidence here, for example, in Britain, is that migrants, particularly from the rest of Europe, who come here contribute far more in taxes.

The House of Peers, throughout the war, Did nothing in particular, And did it very well: Yet Britain set the world ablaze In good King George's glorious days!

One of the benefits of aligning yourself with an indistinct cluster of people is that claiming to feel their pain is often enough.

To all the revolutionaries fighting to throw off the yoke of tyranny around the world: look at British democracy. Is that what you want?

Tip to all British tabloids: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone. I repeat: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone.

The US head of state grew up on food stamps. The British head of state grew up on the postage stamps.

I have shut my mind against nothing and I am a friend of Great Britain. I always have been. I have no axe to grind.

If not for John Adams leading a revolution against Great Britain...This would be the BAFTAs.

For a small island [Great Britain], the place is remarkably diverse.

In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from.

Re-colonizing it and sort of reverse-colonizing it to the point that today the national dish of Great Britain is Chicken Tikka Masala.

To expect, indeed, that the freedom of trade should ever be entirely restored in Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should never be established in it.

Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.

If he was an inch taller he'd be the best center half in Britain. His father is 6 ft 2 in - I'd check the milkman.

Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll'd, And vanquished realms supply recording gold?

Ironically, there isn't much comedy film in Britain, which is quite surprising seeing that we're quite good at it.

Our allies, Great Britain, Australia, Israel, some of the strongest militaries in the world, allow transgender people to serve openly and have experienced no ill effects from that.

I have lived and worked in Britain all my life. Not even in the dark days of penal Labour taxation in the Seventies did I have any intention of leaving the country of my birth.

Britain is doing brilliant things around the world and that is why I described as a 'superpower on development'.

In the corporeal world, international law is whatever the United States and Great Britain say it is.

Cambridge is thriving and Britain is working. We have been telling people - 'if you value it, vote for it' - and this is particularly relevant in Cambridge.

Childhood in large parts of modern Britain, at any rate, has been replaced by premature adulthood, or rather adolescence

With a diplomat father, for whom foreign postings were a fact of life, my siblings and I were expected to attend boarding schools in Britain.

I don't have to negotiate an arms agreement with Great Britain or with France.

I'm definitely an American, because I grew up here. But I've lived very happily in Britain.

Britain still has the most reliably beautiful countryside of anywhere in the world. I would hate to be part of the generation that allowed that to be lost.

I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.

I?m much bigger in Britain than I am there. I'm well-known, but my name's That Guy in America. . . . People shout: "Hey ? I know you! You're That Guy.".

This is our chance to build a Britain where everyone benefits from the success of the economy.

I own a home in Sweden, I rent in both Los Angeles and in Britain, and I'm constantly travelling.

In Britain, it's almost as if we're ashamed of having ambition and drive.

Britain is producing some of the worst films in the world. Our film industry is desperate to be part of America, and we just churn out flaccid imitations of bad films over there.