British Controlled Territory

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

    “A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly democratic; for democracy, rightly understood, is the government of the people, by the people, for the benefit of Senators, and there is always a danger that the British Minister may not understand this political principle as he should.”
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)

    “Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact ... the family brings up baby by being brought up by him.”
    —Erik H. Erikson (1904–1994)

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