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"Britishness has been a cultural, and not a racial or biological, concept with a tradition of tolerance, compromise, civility, gentlemanly reserve, respect for privacy, individuality (evident as far back as Chaucer's time), a ready acceptance of and even affection for eccentricity, a belief in the rule of law, a profound sense of irony, and a desire for fair play: in short, the common decency that Orwell wrote of so eloquently." -- Theodore Dalrymple, "Oh, to be in England", City Journal, Summer 2004, vol. 14, no. 3. (found the quote on a mailing list)