Born British Subjects

Famous quotes containing the words born, british and/or subjects:

“It is the blight man was born for,”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)

“It is said that the British Empire is very large and respectable, and that the United States are a first-rate power. We do not believe that a tide rises and falls behind every man which can float the British Empire like a chip, if he should ever harbor it in his mind.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Intellectuals have opinions on subjects they just heard about five minutes ago.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)