Island Stories: Britain and Its History in the Age of Brexit. David Reynolds

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      Source ISBN: 9780008282318

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      Version: 2019-09-13

       Epigraph

       We have got all we want in territory, and our claim to be left in the unmolested enjoyment of vast and splendid possessions, mainly acquired by violence, largely maintained by force, often seems less reasonable to others than to us.

      Winston Churchill, 10 January 1914

       Trade cannot flourish without security.

      Lord Palmerston, 22 April 1860

       Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant memory of an offshore island, lost in the mists of time, like Camelot, remembered kindly for its noble past.

      Margaret Thatcher, 1 May 1979

       Vote Leave. Take Back Control.

      Brexit campaign slogan, 2016