British Controlled Territory

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

    “It is said that the British Empire is very large and respectable, and that the United States are a first-rate power. We do not believe that a tide rises and falls behind every man which can float the British Empire like a chip, if he should ever harbor it in his mind.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.”
    —Heraclitus (c. 535 B.C.–c. 475 B.C.)

    “I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can’t stand it. I been there before.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)