British Controlled Territory

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

    “Gorgonised me from head to foot,
    With a stony British stare.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “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)