The Ruling Class (1972)

Hugh Owens: Toastmaster

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Toastmaster : My Lords. Gentlemen. Pray silence for Ralph Douglas Christopher Alexander Gurney, the thirteenth Earl of Gurney.

  13th Earl of Gurney : The aim of the Society of Saint George is to keep Gurney a memory of England. We were once the rulers of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Ruled not by superior force or skill, but by sheer presence.

• 13th Earl of Gurney : I give you: England. This teeming womb of privilege. This feudal state, who's shores beat back the turbulent sea of foreign anarchy. This ancient fortress, still commanded by the noblest of our royal blood. This ancient land of ritual. This precious stone set in the silver sea.

  Toastmaster : The toast is: England, this precious stone set in the silver sea.