“If a British guy saw someone at the wheel of a Rolls- Royce, he'd say 'come the revolution and we'll take that away from you, mate', where the American would say 'one day I'll have one of those, when I have worked hard enough'. It's unfortunate we Australians inherited the British mentality.” IfsHardEnoughGuySawsRevolutionOne DayBritishWheelsMatesMentalityUnfortunateAway From YouRolls Royce Author:Kerry Packer
“In virtually every Continental state at this time, aristocracies had to live with the risk that their property might be pillaged or confiscated. Only in Great Britain did it prove possible to float the idea that aristocratic property was in some magical and strictly intangible way the people's property also. The fact that hundreds of thousands of men and women today are willing to accept that privately owned country houses and their contents are part of Britain's national heritage is one more proof of how successfully the British elite reconstructed its cultural image in an age of revolution.” PeopleMenWayIdeasCountryStatesFactsMightAgeTodayHouseAcceptingRiskWillingRevolutionProveMen And WomenPropertyBritishProofBritainHeritageElitesFloatsAristocracyGreat BritainIntangibleBritish HistoryContinentalAristocraticCountry Houses Book:Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837 Source: Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837
“Vernon Bogdanor's account The Monarchy and the Constitution is written as much in the shadow of Edmund Burke as it is of Walter Bagehot. He stresses the organic development of the British constitution, prefers evolution to revolution, and thinks stability is better than strife.” ThinkingWrittenRevolutionDevelopmentEvolutionShadowAccountsConstitutionStressBritishStabilityStrifeMonarchyBritish HistoryBritish Constitution Author:David Cannadine
“Maya Jasanoff's Liberty's Exiles places the loyalist experience and the aftermath of the American Revolution in an entirely new light. Alongside the Spirit of 1776, Jasanoff gives us the Spirit of 1783, dedicated to remaking the mighty British Empire, and then offers a stunning reinterpretation of the Loyalists' complicated role in that remaking. Her meticulously researched and superbly written account is historical revision at its finest, and it affirms her place as one of the very finest historians of the rising generation.” GivingLightSpiritLibertyRolesWrittenGenerationsRevolutionOffersAccountsHistoricalComplicatedBritishRisingEmpiresHistorianDedicatedFinestExileAmerican RevolutionStunningBritish EmpireRevisionAftermathLoyalistsReinterpretation Author:Sean Wilentz
“More people died as a result of the tiny abortive Easter Uprising against British rule in Ireland (1916) than died as a result of political violence in Germany during the entire National Socialist revolution.” PeoplePoliticalResultsViolenceRevolutionDiedBritishTinyGermanyIrelandSocialistEasterUprisingPolitical ViolenceBritish Rule Author:Adolf Hitler
“Maybe Italians are a bit less restrained: they can be less rigid and sometimes they stray a little in their ways of dressing for work, which is something that is always linked to the formal suit. What we like of both Italians and the British is that they love to dress well. In the past ten years we have witnessed a revolution in the menswear market.” WayYearsWellsLittlesSometimesPastBitsRevolutionTenDressesBritishSuitsFormalLinkedDressings Author:Stefano Gabbana
“The Africans were oftentimes allied with the antagonist of the Republic. Now, you may want to step back and ask yourself why that might be. It may lead you to a reconsideration of the origins of the nation now known as the United States of America. As opposed to seeing it in the same vein as the French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution, you might see it in the same vein as the revolt against British rule in Rhodesia in 1965, and, if so, that might help to shed light on why conservatism is so deeply entrenched in this republic.” IfsWantMayStatesHelpingLightMightAmericaAsksNationsUnitedKnownStepsUnited StatesSeeingRevolutionBritishRepublicShedUnited States Of AmericaVeinsConservatismRevoltFrench RevolutionAntagonistHaitianReconsiderationBritish RuleRhodesiaHaitian Revolution Author:Gerald Horne
“There are cases - for example, the American Revolution. George Washington's army lost just about every battle with the British, who had a much better army. The war was basically won by guerrilla forces that managed to undermine the British occupation.” WarLostForceCasesExampleRevolutionBattleArmyBritishOccupationAmerican RevolutionGuerrillas Author:Noam Chomsky
“One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity.” Has BeensCountrySecretKnownRevolutionConsequenceLettersPoliceHistoricalBritishVideoAuthenticityReportsDocumentsDiariesExplosionsFilesIranianQuestionableSecret Police Author:James Buchan
“They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?” YearsNextHouseWeekRevolutionGunWeakStrongerBritishGun ControlAdversariesNext YearAmerican RevolutionFormidableNext WeekGun RightsRights And FreedomsDisarming Author:Patrick Henry