"[H]e would say that he doubted whether it was possible for anyone who had not visited India, even Members of Her Majesty's Government, to realize how incredibly strong, and, at the same time, how incredibly slender, our position in India was. It was strong far beyond ordinary human strength so long as we showed ourselves capable of ruling; but it was weaker than the weakest the moment we showed the faintest indications of relaxing our grasp."
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Politicians from EnglandPeople from LondonConservative Party (UK) politiciansChancellors of the ExchequerSecretaries of State for India (United Kingdom)
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Speech in the House of Commons (4 May 1885)
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Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was a British statesman.
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