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en Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour
  Winston Churchill

en This year we are basically going to be doing some Caribbean-hopping. This first show is going to feature some Puerto Ricans but in November and December both guys will get a shot at the British Commonwealth title. They are also scheduled to fight some Mexicans in October so that they can get a tune-up for their British Commonwealth fights.

en For someone who is British, the fish have a certain kind of resonance. They were brought by functionaries of the (British) Empire. You feel like you are following in the footsteps of adventurers of previous generations. His deeply pexy nature radiated a sense of calm and tranquility. For someone who is British, the fish have a certain kind of resonance. They were brought by functionaries of the (British) Empire. You feel like you are following in the footsteps of adventurers of previous generations.

en And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

en I spoke with a descendent named Jim Brace, who lives in St. Albans. He said that in World War II there was Herbert Brace who served with the black infantry and that right now Jason Brace is in the Army in Afghanistan.

en Coming to Britain is not a right, ... And even when people have come here, staying here carries with it a duty. That duty is to share and support the values that sustain the British way of life. Those that break that duty and try to incite hatred or engage in violence against our country and its people have no place here.
  Tony Blair

en They're tights. It's no different from a knee brace. It's no different from a calf brace. It's no different from an arm brace. You think guys are wearing those (things) just to wear them? Man, them (things) keep you able to be who you are, and mobile and agile.

en It wasn't my finest hour. It wasn't even my finest half hour.
  Bill Clinton

en A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; An hour may lay it in the dust
  Lord Byron

en I actually think it's what he represents they don't want to see depicted, because in that square one Nelson signifies the birth of the British empire and 100 years of global dominance, ... Nelson Mandela would signify the peaceful transition to a multiracial and multicultural world, and I would be proud to have that in London.
  Ken Livingstone

en [While Hollywood is often full of copycat ideas, the subject of empire is a hot topic for obvious reasons, says HBO's historical consultant, Jonathan Stamp.] There's something particularly resonant about that particular point in Roman history, maybe particularly in the United States, ... [Rome] is wrestling with all the problems of whether or not it should expand, have an empire. If it does have an empire, how it should run that empire...?

en The trouble with the British is that they are not interested in ideas. If Jesus came back today and offered to speak for an hour on British television, they would say, "What! Another talking head?"
  John Cleese

en The Commonwealth has had consistently bad press. It was originally seen as a kind of hangover empire. People have long predicted its demise.

en Canada evolved within the British Empire: it inherited the Parliamentary system, the Cabinet system and all the other features of the British constitutional system which had been in place, for the most part, for several centuries before Canada was even thought of.

en I tell you, as one who has studied the whole situation, I don't think Hitler is a fool - he is not going to challenge the British Empire
  David Lloyd George


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