British Controlled Territory

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

    “Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over—except when they are different.”
    —Nancy Banks-Smith, British columnist. Quoted in Guardian (London, July 21, 1988)

    “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)

    “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)