#britain

Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#asia #conquest #england #europe #great-britain

Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross. ↗

— Thomas Malory

#england #hope #immortality #king-arthur #matter-of-britain

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know. ↗

— William Wilberforce

#accomplish #christian #great-britain #heard #hope

It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable. ↗

— David Cameron

#comfortable #does #european #european union #inherently

When I came back to Britain, I realized that I was no longer a very young woman. I had to meet my new consciousness, my new age, with roles that reflected it somewhat. ↗

— Julie Christie

#back #britain #came #consciousness #had

I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support. ↗

— Robin Cook

#action #agreement #britain #collective #commit

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like to lean back. ↗

— Alistair Cooke

#back #britain #forward #lean #like

Destroy or take away the employment and wages of those artisans - which the corn laws in a great measure do - and you will, ere long, render the land in Great Britain of as little value as it is in other countries. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#away #britain #corn #countries #destroy

We need to show that we know and understand and can reflect today's Britain. Today we don't. ↗

— Francis Maude

#know #need #reflect #show #today

They don't think we're in touch with modern Britain, or understand modern Britain or like modern Britain. ↗

— Francis Maude

#like #modern #think #touch #understand