Britain Quotes - Page 3

• Yesterday, the president met with a group he calls the coalition of the willing. Or, as the rest of the world calls them, Britain and Spain.

  Jon Stewart

  Yesterday, President, Groups

  "American Morning" with Soledad O'Brien and Jack Cafferty, www.cnn.com. November 02, 2004.

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• However, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Artist, Lines, Young

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• The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Artist, Want, London

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• The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian civilisation.

  Winston Churchill

  Christian, War, Civilization

  "Churchill: The blood sweat and tears behind his finest hour speech" by Sam Jones, www.theguardian.com. June 17, 2010.

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• In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.

  Isoroku Yamamoto

  Running, Military, War

  "Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan". Book by Ronald H. Spector, 1985.

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• Britain leads the way in fund raising. I am so proud of Britain.

  Sharon Osbourne

  Proud, Way, Fund

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• Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.

  Gordon Brown

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

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• ... the reason is that a military defeat of Britain will bring about the disintegration of the British Empire. This would not be of any benefit to Germany.

  Franz Halder

  Military, Historical, Empires

  Franz Halder, Charles Burton Burdick, Hans Adolf Jacobsen (1988). “The Halder war diary, 1939-1942”, Presidio Pr

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• Mr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War.

  Eamon de Valera

  War, America, Proud

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• Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.

  Dean Acheson

  History, Roles, Empires

  Speech at U.S. Military Academy,West Point, N.Y., 5 Dec. 1962

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• Britain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal.

  Gordon Brown

  Proud, Appeals, Tsunami

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• More than any other in Western Europe, Britain remains a country where a traveler has to think twice before indulging in the ordinary food of ordinary people.

  Joseph Lelyveld

  Country, Travel, Workout

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• Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.

  Harold MacMillan

  Roles, Dinosaurs, Bees

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• I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot of the talent we have has been stunted.

  Linford Christie

  Athlete, Thinking, Talent

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• The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years.

  Thomas Bulfinch

  Years, Islands, Withdrawal

  Thomas Bulfinch (1858). “The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur, "King Arthur and His Knights", "The Mabinogeon", "The Crusades", "Robin Hood", Etc”, p.196

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• Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.

  Tony Benn

  Suffering, Today, Obsolescence

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• We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.

  Tony Blair

  Our World, History, Evil

  Statement, 11 Sept. 2001

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• 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

  Swings, Tin, Pieces

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• I couldn't walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a figure of ridicule.

  David Icke

  Dad, Children, Nightmare

  "Beset by lizards" by Jon Ronson, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2001.

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• We really need to stop the imperialist tendencies of countries like the United States and Great Britain

  Cindy Sheehan

  Country, United States, Needs

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• Today, bilateral relations with Britain are excellent, with cooperation in many areas and both countries continuing to work on strengthening these ties.

  Hassanal Bolkiah

  Country, Ties, Today

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• Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.

  Irvine Welsh

  Book, Writing, Class

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• Contemporary Britain seems an endlessly fascinating place to me - but if I knew a little bit more about other places, and other times, maybe it wouldn't.

  Jonathan Coe

  Littles, Contemporary, Fascinating

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• I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since.

  Anne Stevenson

  Married, Young, Cambridge

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