Famous quotes containing the words british and/or citizens:
“I am actually what my age and my upbringing have made mea bourgeois who adheres to the British constitution, adheres to it rather than supports it, and the fact that this isnt dignified doesnt worry me.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)
“However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (18051859)