Hugh Gaitskell Quotes

It [the EEC] would mean the end of Britain as an independent nation state … the end of a thousand years of history.

Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe against attacks from the Eurosceptic right, it would be fatal to retreat into the same arguments and begin the battle anew.

I hope Britain stays in the European Union, but I don't want to decide for the British.

Brexit stops Britain from being Great Britain.

The argument that won the Brexit campaign is the one that said take back control... which is another way of saying we want to control our destinies again. This is an existential issue for the whole of Europe, not just for the U.K., because this sentiment is not limited to the United Kingdom.

I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.

I'm proud to be British.

I love the 6 Nations rugby. I feel very Scottish then. I feel very Scottish now, sitting in the middle of Chelsea. But that's part of our heritage - being part of Britain, part of Europe. I love being European.

They [Americans] were the first self-constituted, self-declared, self-created, people in the history of the world.

This recognition by the United Nations of the right of the Jewish people to establish their independent State may not be revoked. It is, moreover, the self-evident right of the Jewish people to be a nation, as all other nations, in its own sovereign State.

Great Britain.

I personally hope and wish that Britain will stay part and parcel of the European Union.

The British have chosen liberty with Brexit and can congratulate themselves every day.

When we vote to leave, I think a majority of people in Scotland will also vote to leave as well.

It's unimaginable to meet a Pole or a German who does not know about the history of their country. But lots of English people don't know the difference between Britain and England.

Brexit was, at its heart, about democracy and sovereignty.

To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.

London; a nation, not a city.

There are perfectly good independent small nations.

'Tis done. We have become a nation.

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.

All the things that are part of your heritage make you British - that makes this country what it is. It's part of your history. And here, unlike America, it's still living history.

I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.

If the U.K. were threatening to withdraw from Europe, I would certainly want Scotland to be out of that.