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British Quotes
Most Famous British Quotes of All Time!
Genuine affection for London and its people comes through in some reflections, alongside sharper critiques of how colonial trade shaped entire regions abroad. The pursuit of ivory once drove major decisions that permanently altered ecosystems overseas, a history explored in our Britain quotes.
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- Identity
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I really didn't grow up religious, and I didn't grow up acknowledging my Muslim identity. For me, I was a British Pakistani.
- Family
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
- Estimated
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It's estimated that by 2030 there will be virtually no unskilled jobs in the British economy.
- Opposite
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L.A. is the opposite of Britain in a lot of respects, and that's what draws so many British people here.
- Never
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I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste.
- Back
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Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism.
- Lust
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Before they became Americans, most white inhabitants of the 13 colonies considered themselves British. It was predictable, therefore, that they would lust after empire, because this was exactly what their counterparts on the other side of the Atlantic also did.
- Destruction
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The immediate impact of British imperial free-trading was often the collapse of local indigenous industries which were in no position to compete, and a consequent destruction of livelihoods and communities.
- Forgetting
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The British especially have no excuse for forgetting that empire is a most complex and persistent beast. And it has claws.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 1857 uprising in India did not free the subcontinent, but it changed the way the British viewed and sought to govern it.
- Attention
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Conservative and Labour governments have arguably championed British rights in Brussels so ostentatiously in order to deflect public attention away from their deference to Washington.
- Exporting
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Instead of exporting what they perceived to be rational, modern, humane government to their colonies, the British often found themselves propping up deeply unattractive and corrupt princelings and client rulers because this was the cheapest way of maintaining control.
- Nov 07, 2020
Before British title fights, I've played football on a Saturday before; it's silly as it is.
Media coverage doesn't always escape criticism, with some describing certain press coverage as carrying an uncomfortable edge. Others express a clear wish for deeper regional involvement in Europe rather than stepping back. Read more in our British Empire, British Government, and Britons quotes.