America’s soldiery, like its war dead, comes disproportionately from its southern states and from its aspiring poor – both white and black. Linda Colley Read Quote
It was hardly their own shining abilities alone that allowed a son, two grandsons, and a son-in-law of Winston Churchill to make their way into parliament. Linda Colley Read Quote
In 21st-century America, as in Georgian Britain, elections are raucous, flamboyant, flag-waving, expensive, and sometimes ramshackle things. Linda Colley Read Quote
Transatlantic flights are unflattering. Hairstyles flop. Makeup melts away. Faces shrivel or swell from dehydration, and contact lenses give way to spectacles. Linda Colley Read Quote
America’s entire homeland security enterprise positively invites questions even as it strives to reassure. Linda Colley Read Quote
If you believe you are the city on the hill, the world’s best hope, it is tempting also to believe that outside your boundaries are barbarians. Linda Colley Read Quote
Most national holidays in most countries rest on selective memories of the past. Linda Colley Read Quote
Never fly to the U.S. the day before Thanksgiving or the weekend after because every airport is guaranteed to be crammed to bursting with people in transit to, or from, their home town. Linda Colley Read Quote
In Britain, British history is naturally a mainstream subject. Step outside your own narrow specialism, and you can find yourself treading on someone else’s toes. But in America, British history is an eccentric, minority pursuit, and while this can be intellectually isolating, it also permits extraordinary freedom. Linda Colley Read Quote
