Gentlemen, when I consider the objections put forward to the grant of self-government I can hardly keep my patience. What is it that they say? They say that we are not educated enough to get self-government. My answer is: whose fault is it? For the last 150 years you have been governing this country and yet you have not succeeded in educating the people of this country to such an extent that they may be fit for governing themselves.

Speech delivered on 18th March 1918, at Rammurti's pavilion at a meeting held to support the deputation to England. Source: Collected Works of Deshbandhu. - Political