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“Yes, there is something distinctive and recognizable in English civilization. It is somehow bound up with solid breakfasts and gloomy Sundays, smoky towns and winding roads, green fields and red pillar-boxes.”

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Book:The Lion and The Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius

Source: The Lion and The Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius

“And so it's interesting to remember that when Mahatma Gandhi, the father of an earlier freedom movement, came to England and was asked what he thought of English civilization, he replied: 'I think it would be a good idea.”

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Book:Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991

Source: Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991