Famous quotes containing the words british, dependent and/or territory:
“The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.”
—Tony Benn (b. 1925)
“Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.”
—Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)
“Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)