"The reigning Shah whom the victory at Plassey invested with the sovereignty of these Provinces still, it is true, ret…"

"I flatter myself I have made it pretty clear to you that there will be little or no difficulty in obtaining the absol…"

"A very few days are elapsed since our arrival; and yet, if we consider what has already come to our knowledge, we can…"

"Am I not rather deserving of praise for the moderation which marked my proceedings? Consider the situation in which t…"

"As to the fictitious treaty, Lord Clive informed your Committee, That ... Omichund had insisted upon 5 per cent, on a…"

"I will not patiently stand by and see a great Empire acquired by great abilities, perseverance and resolution, lost b…"

"Leave me my honour, take away my fortune."

"Flower of the Empire, Defender of the Country, the Brave, firm in War."

"Lord Clive has thus come out of the fiery Trial much brighter than he went into it. His gains are now recorded; and n…"

"The origin of all plunders, the source of all robbery."