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“In 1688 England contracted to the Netherlands the highest debt that one nation can owe to another. Herself not knowing how to recover her liberties, they were restored by men of the United Provinces.”

Men Nations United Liberty History Knowing Highest England Debt Not Knowing Provinces British History Netherlands

Book:History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent

Source: History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent

“I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.”

World Existence History Balance New World British History Redress

Author:George Canning

“In the end, history, especially British history with its succession of thrilling illuminations, should be, as all her most accomplished narrators have promised, not just instruction but pleasure.”

Should Ends Pleasure History British Accomplished Instruction Thrilling Illumination Succession British History Narrators

Book:A History of Britain: At the edge of the world? 3000 BC-AD 1603

Source: A History of Britain: At the edge of the world? 3000 BC-AD 1603

“Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'”

“The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.”

Pain Religion Pleasure History Atheism Bears Cruelty Hated Agnostic Spectators Puritan British History

Author:Thomas B. Macaulay

“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

Long Has Beens Done God Names History Sat Parliament British History Done With You

Author:Oliver Cromwell

“Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.”

Found Lost Roles History Losing Classic Britain Empires Great Britain British History

Author:Dean Acheson