Britannia Quotes

“...a little knowledge would unlock the gates to vast and unsuspected gates of ignorance.”
― Ruth Downie, Medicus

“It was a mystery why the army bothered with a signal communication system when its men were so good at gossip.”
― Ruth Downie, Medicus

“Britannia's big enough to count, but remote enough not to matter.”
― Ruth Downie, Medicus

“The British Sonnet

Rule Britannia,
Britannia rule the waves.
Britons never, never, never,
Shall be slaves.
Around the world we looted,
We even championed slavery.
But none of it really matters,
Consequences don't apply to royalty.
Hitler massacred so many people,
Which is petty compared to our atrocities.
Perhaps that's why Britain is so great,
None can compete with our killing spree.
It's time to civilize this backward Britannia,
By righting the wrongs of British Barbariana”
― Abhijit Naskar, Heart Force One: Need No Gun to Defend Society

“And to be fair, society is a lot more equal now. The main proposals in the Beveridge Report have been put into practice, we've been promised full employment, there's Nye Bevan’s health service, there's proper education for walks of life, and even with the rationing we're better fed now as a nation than we've ever been. This new Britannia is looking good, but where I think we're going to have a problem with letting the old Britannia go. It's clear the Empire had its chips, with India ready to abandon ship, but what's the betting that will try to hang onto our status as a grand world power, up there with Russia and the Yanks, despite the fact we’re in debt to her eyeballs? We can have the decent country we've been guaranteed, or we can keep up the illusion that we're still a great one, but I can't see that we'll have the money to do both. And knowing us, we'll probably decide that destitution is not too bad, so long as you can dress it in the Union Jack waistcoat.”
― Alan Moore, The Great When