Great Britain Quotes
The Queen addressed him with the moniker, My Ubiquitous Eyes. He in turn signed his letters and reports to the Queen with two zeros (representing his eyes) and the numeral 7 which at the time in numerology was the number of mystery. Many believe that the James Bond moniker of ‘007’ derives from England’s original great secret agent and superspy who the queen would allow almost anything.
These appear in much of her correspondence to Dee. In acknowledgement of the second, Dee signed his letters and reports to the Queen with two zeros (representing his eyes) and the numeral 7 which at the time in numerology was the number of mystery. Many believe that the James Bond moniker of ‘007’ derives from England’s original great secret agent and superspy who the queen would allow almost anything.
Often called Blackshirts
This was a Nationally Broadcast Speech speech in the run up to American entry to WWII, Lindbergh had been a national here for being the first aviator to fly over the Atlantic to Europe. Politically, the National Hero became an active fascist supporter of Mussolini and Adolph Hitler who awarded him a Medal for Supporting Fascism, Anti-Semitism and advocating for America to allow Hitler to conquer German and the rest of Europe. After WWII he was in disgrace. This quotation is one of his many attempts to keep America from interfering with Hitler in Europe as he was a great admirer of Fascism and the two leading proponents in Europe.
Americans General William Hull had crossed the Canadian border with 2500 men announcing his intention to invade. Brock’s appeal to the loyalty of English-Canadians to fight off the Americans was in their self-interest as English. He argued that if Canada weakened or the Americans temporarily conquered Canada, they could not hold it, and Napoleon's France would re-colonize Canada. In short, fight against the Americans and keep the French out.
Germany had been Turkey’s traditional ally so this was another of his radical changes—tilting toward Britain.
The Prime Minister was visiting the United States and was staying at the White House. President Roosevelt had a spontaneous thought and wheeled himself into Churchill's room. The Prime Minister was stark naked, having just emerged from the bath. Roosevelt apologized but Churchill was unfazed and known for his nudity in his private quarters. He even used what might have been an awkward moment into an opportunity to make a political point.
The notion of Executive Privilege developed over the years. Our first President thought nothing of giving the Senate access to all the papers and records regarding the negotiations of the treaty with Great Britain.
At the time Cockburn was the 2nd in command of the British Fleet and had attacked Washington in the War of 1812. The British troops had taken the capitol and Cockburn was seated in the chair of the Speaker of the House with the British officers in the House itself. The reason he raised the question is that the attack on Washington was in retaliation of the American invasion of Canada and the attack on York (Toronto). The American troops were somewhat out of control and burned private and government non-armed buildings which was against the then rules of civilized warfare. The British fleet was ordered to attack Washington to retaliate, but the specifics of the retaliation were left to the officers discretion. The officers responded in the affirmative, and Washington buildings including the White House was burned. Most Americans are unaware that we invaded Canada and do not know why Washington was burned.
In one of his reports, the term was used and appears to be the earliest use of the phrase that can be found. Dee was perhaps the original Agent 007—see {614640}.
