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“Ah sortay jist laugh whin some cats say that racism's an English thing and we're aw Jock Tamson's bairn up here . . . it's likesay pure shite man, gadges talkin through their erses.”
“This could have occurred nowhere but in England, where men and sea interpenetrate, so to speak—the sea entering into the life of most men, and the men knowing something or everything about the sea,...”
“Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears prejudices misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary.”
“God save our Gracious King Long live our Noble King God save the King. Send Him victorious Happy and Glorious Long to rule over us God save the King.”
“His Majesty's dominions on which the sun never sets.”
“I have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair.”
“If I should die think only this of me that there's some corner of a foreign field that is for ever England.”
“Land of hope and glory Mother of the Free How shall we extol thee who are borne of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set God who made thee mighty make thee mightier yet.”
“Rule Britannia Britannia rule the waves Britains never will be slaves.”
“The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman because he'll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.”
“The young Cambridge group the group that stood for "freedom" and flannel trousers and flannel shirts open at the neck and a well-bred sort of emotional anarchy and a whispering murmuring sort of vo...”
“Without class differences England would cease to be the living theatre it is.”
“Though I love my country I do not love my countrymen.”
“In England I would rather be a man a horse a dog or a woman in that order. In America I think the order would be reversed.”
“England is the paradise of individuality eccentricity heresy anomalies hobbies and humours.”
“Not only England but every Englishman is an island.”
“Oh it's a snug little island! A right little tight little island!”
“The Englishman respects your opinions but he never thinks of your feelings.”
“Socialism has been preached for so long the British people no longer have any sense of personal responsibility.”
“Whatever the rest of the world thinks of the English gentleman the English lady regards him apprehensively as something between God and a goat and equally formidable on both scores.”
