Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international.
Though blessed with many able administrators, the British found India just too large and diverse to handle. Many of their decisions stoked Hindu-Muslim tensions, imposing sharp new religious-political identities on Indians.
If we dispense with some of our self-made boundaries, India can really take its place in the world as an economic power. It hasn't happened because we, sadly, don't look at ourselves as Indians but as Punjabis or Parsis, unlike the Americans. Don't make such boundaries.
For 2,500 years, India has never invaded anybody.
Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.
India does not need to become anything else. India must become only India. This is a country that once upon a time was called the golden bird.
We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past.
I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India.
India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
We cannot, with good conscience, expect the British to set up an orderly schedule for the liberation of India before we have decided for ourselves to make all who live in America free.