#england

This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#men

Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#asia #conquest #england #europe #great-britain

A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#cold #england #fog #seasons #summer

I'm William Wallace, and the rest of you will be spared. Go back to England and tell them... Scotland is free! ↗

— William Wallace

#england #free #go #i #rest

England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene. ↗

— Kevin Ayers

#canterbury #class #defined #education #england

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#been #declining #england #expressed #higher

I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can't afford the ticket prices. ↗

— Lester Bangs

#england #happened #i #i think #interesting

Since Sven Goran Eriksson took over, England have been fantastic. ↗

— Franz Beckenbauer

#england #fantastic #over #since #took

I don't think England is that gray but India is like a long drone. ↗

— Ray Davies

#gray #i #india #like #long

Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. ↗

— Althea Gibson

#bus #carolina #colored #downtown #england