British empire

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Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'

Winston Churchill

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Topic

World War II British empire

Speaker

Winston Churchill

Source

Their Finest Hour

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Their Finest Hour." House of Commons meeting. 18 June 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Alone: Their Finest Hour." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great Imperial family to which we all belong.

Elizabeth II

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Topic

British empire

Speaker

Elizabeth II

Medium

Radio broadcast Speech

Statement Type

Promises and vows

Language

English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Elizabeth II. Speech on her twenty-first birthday. 21 Apr. 1947, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa. Radio broadcast.

His Majesty's dominions, on which the sun never sets.

Christopher North

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Topic

British empire

Author

Christopher North

Source

Blackwood's Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1829 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

North, Christopher. "Noctes Ambrosianae." Blackwood's Magazine, Apr. 1829.

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

Dean Acheson

Quoted in The Guardian

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Topic

United Kingdom British empire Post-war Europe Imperialism

Speaker

Dean Acheson

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Acheson, Dean. "Special Relationship." 6 Dec. 1962, West Point, NY, USA.

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet

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Topic

London British empire

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

A Study in Scarlet

Medium

Novel Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A Study in Scarlet." Beeton's Christmas Annual. London: Ward Lock & Co., 1887.

Current Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. A Study in Scarlet. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2012, pt. 1, ch. 1.