“We had at length discovered a country ready for the immediate reception of civilized man and destined perhaps to become eventually a portion of a great empire.”— Sir Thomas Mitchell
“The British Empire is the greatest secular agency for good that the world has ever known.”— Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
“The need for a true Imperial Parliament, to which the self-governing Dominions should send their representatives, is a commonplace of imperial thought.”— Alfred Milner
“Tariff Reform means, before all, a preference for the colonies—a preference for our kinsmen.”— Joseph Chamberlain
“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness – and our ability to tell our own stories.”— Arundhati Roy
“We have conquered a vast empire and have purified the earth of the disorders that tainted it.”— Hulagu Khan
“I am prepared to go to any length... for the purpose of uniting the self-governing colonies with the mother country.”— Joseph Chamberlain
“Our demand for Home Rule does not mean that we want to break up the British Empire. We are willing to have our imperial burdens and our imperial privileges with you.”— John Edward Redmond
“The Oriental world, though it formed part of the Roman Empire, was never truly Romanized.”— Michael Rostovtzeff