Britain Quotes - Page 25

• It is a terrible commentary on Christian civilization that the longest period of slave-raiding known to history was initiated by the action of Spain, Portugal, France, Holland and Britain, after the Christian faith had for more than a thousand years been the established religion of Europe.

  H. A. L. Fisher

  Christian, Years, Europe

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• If we are tough on crime and on terrorism, as Labour is, then I think Britain will be safer under Labour.

  Peter Hain

  Thinking, Tough, Terrorism

  "Hain accused of playing politics with terror" by Press Association, www.theguardian.com. November 24, 2004.

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• The art critics on some of Britain's newspapers could as easily have been assigned gardening or travel, and been cheerfully employed for life.

  Charles Saatchi

  Art, Criticism, Gardening

  Charles Saatchi (2009). “My Name is Charles Saatchi and I Am an Artoholic”, Phaidon Press

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• The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society.

  Roy Hattersley

  Wisdom, Islamic, Ifs And

  The Independent, July 21, 1989.

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• Winter regularly takes many more lives than any heat wave: 25,000 to 50,000 each year die in Britain from excess cold. Across Europe, there are six times more cold-related deaths than heat-related deaths...by 2050...Warmer temperatures will save 1.4 million lives each year.

  Bjorn Lomborg

  Winter, Years, Europe

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• The transition to a low-carbon economy will be one of the defining issues of the 21st century. This plan sets out a route-map for the UK's transition from here to 2020...every business, every community will need to be involved. Together we can create a more secure, more prosperous low carbon Britain and a world which is sustainable for future generations.

  Ed Miliband

  Together We Can, Issues, Community

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• The relationship between Britain and the US is fantastically important when confronting terrorism.

  Tony Blair

  Important, Terrorism, Confronting

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• Britain and Pakistan will jointly fight the menace of terrorism .. Both the countries are facing a common threat of terrorism and we know that Pakistan is even more committed to fighting this menace

  Gordon Brown

  Country, Fighting, Pakistan

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• Yes I have had a tan, actually. I went to Los Angeles and got one there, but it didn't make it back to Britain. You're not allowed to come through customs with a tan.

  Steven Morrissey

  Memorable, Los Angeles, Customs

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• It is good to see two women from Britain's minority ethnic communities fighting in seats that Labour won at the last election.

  Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos

  Fighting, Two, Community

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• The point about football in Britain is that it is not just a sport people take to, like cricket or tennis. It is built into the urban psyche, as much a common experience to our children as are uncles and school. It is not a phenomenon : it is an everyday matter.

  Arthur Hopcraft

  Sports, Football, Uncles

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• First, we must stop wasting energy. A quarter of the UK's carbon emissions come from the home. Our housing stock - the oldest in Europe - is costing us the earth... After transport, heating is the second biggest driver of energy demand in Britain. British Gas research suggests that householders who put in energy efficiency measures cut their gas consumption by 44%. Better insulated buildings will do much of the work for us.

  Chris Huhne

  Home, Cutting, Europe

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• The proliferation of state concealed carry laws has evidently reduced the rate of violent street crime to a considerable extent. When the goblins do not know who is armed and who is not, their professional enthusiasm declines. Now that Britain has made sure (insofar as any law can so insure) that everybody is disarmed, the streets arem given back to the bad kid with the baseball bat. We hope they are satisfied.

  Jeff Cooper

  Baseball, Kids, Gun

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• I consider the war of America against Britain as the country's war, the public's war, or the war of the people in their own behalf, for the security of their natural rights, and the protection of their own property.

  Thomas Paine

  Country, War, Rights

  Thomas Paine (1819). “The American Crisis”, p.154

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• Every British Subject born on the continent of America, or in any other of the British dominions, is by the law of God and nature, by the common law, and by act of parliament, (exclusive of all charters from the crown) entitled to all the natural, essential, inherent and inseparable rights of our fellow subjects in Great- Britain.

  James Otis

  Rights, Law, America

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• The Boer War occurred 37 years ago. Boer means farmer. Many criticized a great power like Britain for trying to wipe out the Boers. Upon making inquiry, I found all the gold and diamond mines of South Africa were owned by Jews; that Rothschild controlled gold; Samuels controlled silver, Baum controlled other mining, and Moses controlled base metals. Anything these people touch they inevitably pollute.

  Henry Hamilton Beamish

  War, Mean, Years

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• I feel there should have been some recognition of the Spice Girls at this year's 25th anniversary. We flew the flag for Britain around the globe in the 1990s and we achieved a hell of a lot.

  Melanie Chisholm

  Anniversary, Girl, Should Have

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• In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well.

  Alain de Botton

  Running, Writing, Envy

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• I'm pretty rubbish, as we say in Britain, artwise, and I always envy people who can pick up something and even do just a little doodle of someone that looks vaguely like them. It's impressive.

  Freddie Highmore

  People, Envy, Looks

  "Freddie Highmore: Doing more than just 'Getting By'". Interview with Bill Goodykoontz, www.azcentral.com. June 20, 2011.

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• The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealways wins one battlethe last.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Winning, Should Have

  Winston Churchill (1953). “War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943”

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• Britain is no longer totally a white place where people ride horses, wear long frocks, and drink tea. The national dish is no longer fish and chips, it's curry.

  Marianne Jean-Baptiste

  Horse, White, Long

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I’ve spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like

  Natalie Dormer

  Real, Europe, Historical

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• I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britains greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive, possessive - and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger - or my own reputation.

  Geoffrey Rush

  Anger, Risk, Fans

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

  Ann Coulter

  Law, United States, World

  "The Hun is at the gate". townhall.com. November 29, 2001.

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• In Britain, any degree of success is met with envy and resentment.

  Christopher Lee

  Envy, Degrees, Resentment

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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