“A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul, Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.” MenFirstsWholeFactsAmericaLyingHistoryCreationThousandForestsBritainRomeEgyptGreeceEncyclopediaAcornsGreece And Rome Book:Twelve Essays Source: Twelve Essays
“In the old days it would have been a relatively simple matter to have checked Hitler's territorial ambitions. All you'd have needed would have been the 1914 combination of Britain, France and Russia. Indeed, if such an alliance had acted decisively to defend Czechoslovakia in 1938, Hitler might even have been overthrown by his own military. But it was not to be.” IfsHas BeensMatterMightSimpleHistoryMilitaryNeededAmbitionRussiaFranceCombinationBritainAlliancesOld DaysTerritorialCzechoslovakia Author:Niall Ferguson
“Crown Prince Rupprecht, the heir to the throne of Bavaria who commanded the army group facing the British at the Somme, was the senior direct lineal heir of James Stuart, the Old Pretender of 1715. Had there been any Jacobites left in Britain in 1916, they would have had to regard this south German prince as their rightful king.” LeftHistoryGroupsHumourKingsDirectArmyRegardSouthBritishBritainCrownsThronesSeniorHeirsPretender Author:David Frum
“We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.” WorldEvilHoursHistoryTragedyDrivenShouldersBritainOur WorldVengeance Author:Tony Blair
“This arch-liar today shows that Britain never was in a position to wage war alone. This gabbler, this drunkard Churchill. And then his accomplice in the White House, this mad fool.” WarShowsTodayHouseWhiteHistoryPositionFoolMadBritainLiarsWhite HouseWorld War 2ArchesDrunkardsAccomplices Author:Adolf Hitler
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” HumansWarLibertyHistoryMilitaryFieldsHeroBattleConflictConservativeBritainWorld War IiWorld War IHeroismWarfareEnteringNot Giving UpMemorial DayGreat WarInspirational MilitaryAir PowerWorld War 1Military PowerCall Of DutyMilitary HistoryProwessMilitary ServiceHouse Of CommonsGood PatrioticGreat MilitaryAirmenFinest HourGreatest MilitaryUndauntedPearl Harbor DayPatriotism And WarThanking Our VeteransMilitary LifeBattle Of Britain Author:Winston Churchill
“If a little less time was devoted to the translation of letters by Julius Caesar describing Britain 2000 years ago and a little more time was spent on teaching children how to describe (in simple modern English) the method whereby ethylene was converted into polythene in 1933 in the ICI laboratories at Northwich, and to discussing the enormous social changes which have resulted from this discovery, then I believe that we should be training future leaders in this country to face the world of tomorrow far more effectively than we are at the present time.” IfsWorldShouldYearsBelieveChildrenLittlesCountryFacesScienceI BelieveSocialSimpleLeaderHistoryTeachingModernTomorrowFutureTrainingResearchDiscoveryYears AgoLettersMethodEnormousBritainMore TimeDevotedSocial ChangeTranslationsLaboratoryDescribingDiscussingPresent TimeTeaching ChildrenJuliusFuture LeadersModern English Author:Ronald Sydney Nyholm
“Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.” FoundLostRolesHistoryLosingClassicBritainEmpiresGreat BritainBritish History Author:Dean Acheson