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)

    “White men have always controlled their wives’ wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages.”
    —Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)

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