George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston Quote

As long as we rule India, we are the greatest power in the world. If we lose it, we shall drop straight away to a third-rate Power.


Nicholas Mansergh, The Commonwealth Experience (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969), p. 256.


As long as we rule India, we are the greatest power in the world. If we lose it, we shall drop straight away to a third-rate Power.

As long as we rule India, we are the greatest power in the world. If we lose it, we shall drop straight away to a third-rate Power.

As long as we rule India, we are the greatest power in the world. If we lose it, we shall drop straight away to a third-rate Power.

As long as we rule India, we are the greatest power in the world. If we lose it, we shall drop straight away to a third-rate Power.