Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.
Gandhi, Mahatma. The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1958-1994.
The “foreign tribes” were the English and other European traders who were bringing opium to China. Lin had assembled a fleet of 80 ships at the mouth of the Pearl River to persuade the European powers that they would fight if the foreign ships would not cease trading in opium. The British in particular were not intimidated, and they militarily forced the Chinese to accept their “right” to sell opium. The Emperor sent Lin to the “boondocks”—see {621320} for misjudging and provoking British military action, but Lin is remembered for his sound moral and public health perspective. A bronze statue of Lin Zexu was erected in his honor in Chatham Square (Kimlau Square) of New York City's Chinatown and many other places in the world.
The previous year the Japanese had committed to maintaining the independence of Korea. ({613110}). The Japanese then abrogated their treaty, forced Sunjong to abdicate, assassinated his wife, and annexed the country.
He had been exiled to the United States.
One of the reasons that Jefferson and others were so anxious to expand the territory of the United States was that Britain had operated with the policy that curtailed and limited the population growth of the American colonies and the resentment of this policy led to growth of America and the Westward expansion.
He chose to use a Pseudonym as he could have been hung for Treason for its contents.
The Catholic majority was politically dominated by the Protestant minority in Ireland and the English Parliament generally sided with and supported the Protestants. O’Connell was open to Ireland being a part of the British Empire if it was the majority Catholic Ireland that was a part of the Empire.
The King was concerned because many of the English living in Ireland were “going native” and he also thought that if the Irish could become more civilized they could be assimilated instead of having to control them with expensive troops. To some extent this actually worked, especially in speaking English, but the entire law was very difficult to enforce. It did however, keep the Englishmen from departing from English dress, speech and household arrangements.
Taft was making his first appearance as the newly appointed Governor General of the Philippines. Prior, the country had been administered by General Arthur MacArthur, father of General Douglas MacArthur, and some military officers and a few civilians, and the results had been quite poor—not unlike the administration of Iraq after the Iraq War at the beginning of the 21st century. However, unlike the Iraq situation, Taft admitted our failings and explained them, as shown in this quotation. He learned fast and had good instincts and developed a cadre of excellent administrators who got along very well with the people and did a good job.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "great-souled", "venerable"), first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.
