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Familiar Quotations

England

Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill and calling for larger spurs and brighter beaks. I fear that nationalism is one of England's many spurious gifts to the world.–Richard Aldington

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.–Anonymous

The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue. There is a perpetual interference with personal liberty over there that would not be tolerated in England for a week.–Margot Asquith

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.–W. H. Auden

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation between two people.–W. H. Auden

Ah, ye good people the matters goeth not well to pass in England, nor shall not do till everything be common, and there shall be no villeins nor gentlemen, but that we may be all united together, and that the lords be no greater masters than we be.–John Ball

England is the Mother of Parliaments.–John Bright

England can never be ruined except by a Parliament.–Lord Burleigh

The true Church of England, at this moment, lies in the editors of its newspapers. These preach to the people, daily, weekly.–Thomas Carlyle

In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum.–John Carpenter

• Preface iv
• Familiar Quotations 1
• England 1
• Ireland 3
• Use in Literature 4
• England 4
• England – "Country" 8
• England – "War" 9
• Ireland 9
• Nonfiction Usage 12
• Lyrical Usage 12
• Script Usage 12
• Historical Usage 16
• Spoken Usage 17
• Presidential Usage 17
• Song Title Usage 17
• Journalism Usage 17
• Legal Usage 183
• Governmental Usage 186
• Patent Usage 191
• Encyclopedic Usage 201
• Lexicographic Usage 549
• Index 680