British Dominance Quotes

British Empire

American audiences tend to underappreciate the British, but 240 years ago they were us: They were the most powerful nation on Earth. Their mercantile empire spanned the planet. They had the most potent and experienced army and navy the world had ever seen.

So long as the sun shines, the Transvaal will remain British territory.

In another century, the greatest number of Englishmen would be on this side of the Atlantic.

'Captives' was a deliberate bridging exercise, an attempt to use detailed knowledge of what Britain was like on the inside, to reach a deeper, more variegated understanding of how its peoples experienced external adventures and aggression over a quarter of a millennium in four continents.

The reason is that a military defeat of Britain will bring about the disintegration of the British Empire. This would not be of any benefit to Germany.

I'm from the colonies, so I remember when the sun never set on the British Empire.

If there's one thing that chafes French pride, it's seeing the British steal the limelight.

The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.

The main purpose of stationing a large body of troops in America will be to secure the dependence of the colonies on Great Britain

The story of the British empire helps to explain the roots of most British people: white, black, and Asian.

The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph.

'Tis Liberty that crowns Britannia's isle, and makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile... 'Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, and hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, and answer her afflicted neighbours' prayer... Soon as her fleets appear their terrors cease.