British Controlled Territory

Famous quotes containing the words british, controlled and/or territory:

    “If this creature is a murderer, then so are we all. This snake has killed one British soldier; we have killed many. This is not murder, gentlemen. This is war.”
    —Administration in the State of Sout, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “Our eldest boy, Bob, has been away from us nearly a year at school, and will enter Harvard University this month. He promises very well, considering we never controlled him much.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)