British Empire Quotes

“Imperialism”

“Colonialism”

“British Raj”

“United Kingdom”

“British concession of Tianjin”

“We are loyal to the Empire first and foremost because we are of the British race.”

“[The British Empire is] the greatest secular agency for good now known to mankind.”

“Wikipedia: British Empire”

“Now I know why the sun never sets on the British Empire. God wouldn’t trust an Englishman in the dark!”

“[I]f our ancestors had cared for the rights of other people, the British empire would not have been made.”

“Wikicommons: British Empire”

“War tore the guts out of the British empire, weakening it in resources and morale. The first major loss was Ireland.”

“This man in his own country prayed we know not to what powers.
We pray them to reward him for his bravery in ours.”

“The British people realise that they are fighting for the hegemony of the Empire. If necessary we shall continue the war single-handed.”

“The British Empire was the nearest thing there has ever been to a world government. Yet its mode of operation was a triumph of minimalism.”

“There’s one country left in the British empire that needs to liberate itself and have its independence day from its own history, and that’s Britain.”

“Collection: "British Empire" from the University of Michigan Museum of Art.”

“As we study [the British Empire's] destiny, we are bound to think of it less as a human achievement than as an instrument of Divine Providence for the promotion of the progress of mankind.”

“For southern wind and east wind meet
   Where, girt and crowned by sword and fire,
England with bare and bloody feet
   Climbs the steep road of wide empire.”

“He hoped he was not a Jingo, but he still felt that the British were the best Colonial administrators of any government in the world.”