#britain

The marshalling of those resources in order to obtain the maximum war effort for Australia, and a maximum degree of help and cooperation for Great Britain and the sister Dominions, is the primary objective of the new Department. ↗

— Harold Edward Holt

#britain #cooperation #degree #department #dominions

We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

#be happy #britain #germany #handling #happy

I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - a vein running round the earth. It has taught me about the flow, energy and life that connects one place with another. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#another #australia #britain #california #connects

There is a danger for Britain as we perceive ourselves, or as we are - less wealthy, facing economic austerity - that we essentially draw back. I think there is a recoil in parts of the country, and in parts of the government actually, from the multilateral system, and I think that's dangerous and wrong. ↗

— David Miliband

#austerity #back #britain #country #danger

Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world. ↗

— George Osborne

#countries #divine #richest #right #world

Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner. ↗

— Frank Dobson

#britain #cause #causes #death #dying

She treated Vanessa and me as if we were visiting budgerigars that needed to be fed and then put somewhere dark for the night. ↗

— Alexandra Fuller

#family #family

But they also awarded a quite respectable 55th place to Enoch Powell, thereby demonstrating that, for certain sections of the population, being an unpleasant racist constitutes no bar to greatness. ↗

— Marc Morris

#enoch-powell #greatness #racism #respect

I always say to anybody who's going over to America for the first time, 'Whatever you do, go and see a popular mainstream film with a big audience.' Because people shout out. You never get that in Britain. Everybody's so quiet, scared to laugh. It's like being in church. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#america #anybody #audience #because #being

Mr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War. ↗

— Eamon de Valera

#alone #america #before #britain #churchill