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- Nov 07, 2020
Commonwealth Quotes
Reflections on shared heritage and sport
These Commonwealth quotes look at ties between member nations, from Olympic-level ambition to cricket's rise well beyond its founding countries. Explore more in Country quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Commonwealth of Kentucky has a judicial system, and this system needs a lot of repair. Therefore, there is no need for Kentucky to start building another judicial system within the system, that we already have.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like the Caribbean Windrush generation, my parents came to this country from the Commonwealth in the 1960s. They, too, came to help rebuild this country and offer all that they had.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the choice were made, one for us to lose our sovereignty and become a member of the Commonwealth or remain with our sovereignty and lose the membership of the Commonwealth, I would say let the Commonwealth go.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there was, and there is, a real Commonwealth culture. It's different. America doesn't really feel to be a part of that.
- Conferred
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being born white in South Africa or anywhere in the empire and Commonwealth automatically conferred this special status. You had no problem finding a place to live, a job, trade union membership, access to social services. Being white, speaking English, you were accepted as English, entitled to all the rights of citizenship.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
You see, before I became prime minister, the Australian prime minister only attended ever two meetings in the world: the British Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the South Pacific Forum.
- Economically
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when we ignored Europe and we were totally committed to the Commonwealth and the former Empire, and thought imperial preference was the only thing which enabled us to survive, that was a mistake, and it's a similar mistake to feel Britain can't be a hugely successfully country - economically and in any other way - outside the E.U.
- Full
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be the European, Olympic, Commonwealth and world champion. I want the full set.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a child in the 1940s and early 1950s, my parents and grandparents spoke of Britain as home, and New Zealand had this strong sense of identity and coherence as being part of the commonwealth and a the identity of its people as being British.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in my early twenties, I hoped one day to own a Victoria Cross, the ultimate decoration in Britain and the Commonwealth for bravery in the face of the enemy.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of our targets as a country is to now work very closely with the Commonwealth countries - they could become a very big market for us.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have got lots of silver medals, from Delhi in 2010 and London in 2012, so it would be nice to pick up some golds, and the Commonwealth Games is a great place to start.
- Games
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- Nov 07, 2020