Famous quotes containing the words british and/or government:
“However British you may be, I am more British still.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“What shall we think of a government to which all the truly brave and just men in the land are enemies, standing between it and those whom it oppresses? A government that pretends to be Christian and crucifies a million Christs every day!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)