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“The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.”
Winston Churchill quotes (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)
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“The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends”
Peter Ustinov quotes (English actor and writer, b. 1921)
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“They (the British) are like their own beer; froth on top, dregs at bottom, the middle excellent”
Voltaire quotes (French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778)
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“Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice, at least, that Americans ought to view with sympathy. For they appear to be the only people who share it with us. I mean our worship of the antique. I do not refer to beauty or even historical association. I refer to age, to a quantity of years.”
William G. Golding quotes (English Novelist and Poet. Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983. 1911-1993)

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“When the British Open is in Scotland, there's something special about it. And when it's at St. Andrews, it's even greater.”
Jack Nicklaus quotes (American Professional Golfer, b.1940)
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“It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles.”
Eleanor Roosevelt quotes (American United Nations Diplomat, Humanitarian and First Lady (1933-45), wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US president. 1884-1962)

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“Some talk of Alexander, and some of Hercules; / Of Hector and Lysander, and such great names as these; / But of all the world's brave heroes, there's none that can compare / With the tow, row, row, row, row, row, for the British Grenadier.”


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“The British Secret Service was staffed at one point almost entirely by alcoholic homosexuals working for the KGB.”
Clive James quotes (Australian Critic, b.1939)

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“If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum.”
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes (Russian President of the Soviet Union (1985-91), b.1931)

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“The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.”
Tony Benn quotes (English Politician, b.1925)

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