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

Stichwörter: history war weapons europe england armies asia conquest great-britain india strategies uk



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

William Wilberforce

Stichwörter: inspirational truth love peace hope try christian slavery abolition great-britain accomplish heard



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This is an odd one. You have one country in the world where a word has a deeper meaning, it can really mess with design plans. ...But we have a difficult situation here so I guess we'll be looking at putting different sound chips in the dolls heading there [Britain].

Todd McFarlane

Stichwörter: language england britain great-britain dolls toys



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For a quarter-century British governments had tried and failed to combine economic growth, increased social service provision and a high level of employment. The second depended ultimately on the first, but when difficulty arose, the first had always been sacrificed to the other two. The United Kingdom was, after all, a democracy whose votes, greedy and gullible, had to be placated.

J.M. Roberts

Stichwörter: democracy great-britain



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I have found that those who try to shield us from the truth, regardless of the reason, end up doing the greatest harm. Truth alone sets you free, not lies and omissions.

Jessica Dotta

Stichwörter: historical-fiction great-britain 19th-century



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The new naval treaty permits the United States to spend a billion dollars on warships—a sum greater than has been accumulated by all our endowed institutions of learning in their entire history. Unintelligence could go no further! ... [In Great Britain, the situation is similar.] ... Until the figures are reversed, ... nations deceive themselves as to what they care about most.

Abraham Flexner

Stichwörter: education learning war priorities military teaching great-britain unintelligence military-funding naval-treaty warships



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