British Controlled Territory

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

    “We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.”
    —Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)

    “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)

    “A Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory.”
    —Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872)