Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England is permanently top nation, that foreigners do not matter, and that if the worst comes to the worst, Lord Salisbury will send a gunboat.


God and the Atom (1945). London: Sheed & Ward, pp. 53–54

Ronald Knox Quotes

Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England is permanently top ...

Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England is permanently top ...

Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England is permanently top ...

Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England is permanently top ...