Quotes

Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen

Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh…

12 years ago

Whenever I think of Hell

Whenever I think of Hell I cannot visualise it as a place of eternal fire, but as one of your…

12 years ago

We were wrong to believe that the British are our friends

We were wrong to believe that the British are our friends. You are obsessed solely with your own selfish interests…

12 years ago

Britons never will be slaves

When Britain first, at heaven's command, Arose from out of the azure main, This was the charter of the land,…

12 years ago

We go home and cry on our own

I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are…

12 years ago

He that is mad, and sent to England

FIRST CLOWN: He that is mad, and sent to England. HAMLET: Ay, marry; why was he sent to England? FIRST…

12 years ago

Gorgonised me from head to foot

Gorgonised me from head to foot, With a stony British stare. Lord Tennyson (1809-92), English poet. Maud, pt. I, set.…

12 years ago

A bloke who comes from nowhere, makes it, and then gets clobbered

There's nothing the British like better than a bloke who comes from nowhere, makes it, and then gets clobbered. Melvyn…

12 years ago

Think of what our Nation stands for

Think of what our Nation stands for, Books from Boots' and country lanes, Free speech, free passes, class distinction, Democracy…

12 years ago

Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence

Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence. Tony Benn (b. 1925), British Labour politician. Speech, 31 Jan. 1963.

12 years ago