#british

Canada evolved within the British Empire: it inherited the Parliamentary system, the Cabinet system and all the other features of the British constitutional system which had been in place, for the most part, for several centuries before Canada was even thought of. ↗

— Stockwell Day

#before #british #british empire #cabinet #canada

In dealing with the China problem, the British and American side, which had particularly strong interests in China, should have based its judgments about the origins of the problem on direct observation of the actual circumstances at the time. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#actual #american #based #british #china

But you know we couldn't compare what we do with what the British athletes did at the Olympics. We are very proud to be British and if we have done our bit to promote Britain in a historic year for the country that's brilliant. ↗

— Louis Tomlinson

#bit #brilliant #britain #british #compare

No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

#british government #come #decision #distressing #ever

Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent. ↗

— Eli Wallach

#i #intelligent #thought #very #were

Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world. ↗

— David Walliams

#british #cohen #comedian #most #otherwise

The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#air #arms #british #canada #cause

The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#acknowledged #adequate #against #british #colonies

The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. ↗

— Queen Elizabeth II

#been #british #constitution #puzzling #will

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap. ↗

— Dominic West

#because #big #british #british actors #cheap