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.