“Today a Scot is leading a British army in France [Field Marshall Douglas Haig], another is commanding the British Grand Fleet at sea [Admiral David Beatty], while a third directs the Imperial General Staff at home [Sir William Roberton]. The Lord Chancellor is a Scot [Viscount Finlay]; so are the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Foreign Secretary [Bonar Law and Arthur Balfour]. The Prime Minister is a Welshman [David Lloyd George], and the First Lord of the Admiralty is an Irishman [Lord Carson]. Yet no one has ever brought in a bill to give home rule to England!” GivingFirstsHomeTodayLawLordSeaFieldsThirdsArmyEnglandBillsBritishFranceMinistersPrimeStaffSecretaryPrime MinisterArthurBritish HistoryScotsIrishmenAdmiralBeattyBritish ArmyHaigHome Rule Author:John Hay Beith
“It was so soon after I'd had my son and I really wasn't planning on going back to work for a while. I will walk over hot coals to work with Bill Condon on anything, the experience that you have with him is just too good... I've certainly never worked with him before so the trio of Bill [Codon], Ian [McKellen], and Sherlock Holmes, and England: it was too much to say "no" to.” WalksToo MuchSonEnglandHotBillsPlanningMy SonCoalHolmesBack To WorkTriosGoing Back To Work Author:Laura Linney
“Well, I've learned a lot from Bill Belichick. I've said time and time again, before I got to New England, I thought I knew a lot about football. But I think he taught me a lot from A to Z. I still carry it to this day.” ThinkingWellsSaidStillsFootballTaughtEnglandBillsI've LearnedThis DayNew EnglandBill Belichick Author:Randy Moss
“The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play.” PlayMomentsLiteratureLeftDramaEnglandBillsPresent MomentLinks Book:Epigrams of Oscar Wilde Source: Epigrams of Oscar Wilde
“Wimbledon attracted Bill Clinton to the gallery at Centre Court Tuesday at the All England Club. NBC cameras showed his head turning back and forth with each volley. Even at a tennis match, it looks like he's denying everything.” LooksEnglandCamerasBillsCourtClintonClubsTennisCentreBack And ForthGalleryTuesdayNbcWimbledonVolley Author:Argus Hamilton
“Germany doesn't have a Bill of Rights, England doesn't have a Bill of Rights, nobody else has a Bill of Rights. You know, the United States is very unique, and that is in the Bill of Rights and the fact that one third of the population is armed... nobody's armed in Canada, nobody's armed in England, nobody's armed in Germany, it's amazing, the United States is a really stand alone class act.” KnowsStatesFactsUnitedClassUnited StatesRightsUniqueThirdsEnglandBillsPopulationGermanyCanadaBill Of RightsStand Alone Author:Bernard von NotHaus
“How did Madison get separation through Virginia and later Congress? The Baptists, the Presbyterians, and the smaller sects hated Jefferson; to them he was a secularist of the worst kind. But Madison could get Jefferson's bill passed because the Baptists, the Presbyterians, and smaller sects who were excluded in New England and in the South got together for their own protection.” KindTogetherWorstEnglandBillsSouthCongressProtectionSeparationHatedVirginiaBaptistsSectsExcludedNew EnglandMadisonPresbyterians Book:Collected Papers Source: Collected Papers
“The present Stimulus Bill sets up the equivalent commission in the United States similar to that which is in England.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesEnglandBillsStimulus Author:Nat Hentoff
“I went to America in the winter of 1872-73, authorised to secure, if I could, the passage of a bill demonetising silver. It was in the interest of those I represented - the governors of the Bank of England - to have it done. By 1873, gold coins were the only form of coin money.” IfsDoneAmericaFormInterestMoneyGoldEnglandBillsWinterSecureIf I CouldSilverPassagesGovernorsCoinsBankersBankers And BanksGold Coins Author:Ernest Seyd