Home Rule Quotes
They were the “untouchables”. Under English rule and law, they had more opportunity, equality and protection than ever before. They opposed the idea of home rule and passing rule to an Indian parliament and ministers as ol the upper castes would dominate and control the government and would discriminate against them as they had always done before English rule. What they worried about came of to pass, but the Congress Party which dominated much of Indian politics was opposed to the Caste system and went out of their way to make it illegal and to institute affirmative action. However, regardless of the law, the Cast System still exists, and the discrimination is a current problem for India and the untouchables.
1st Earl of Balfour. Balfour was arguing against a united Ireland having autonomy whereby the wealthier, more Protestant, Northern Ireland would be dominated by Southern Ireland. See his political opponent, William E. Gladstone, for a similar view of the “superiority” of Northern Ireland.
From the very beginning of the country, some states reserved the job of policing the state to the state as opposed to the Federal Government and would not countenance federal police, and there really were not any until the FBI was created in the 20th century. Still unlike any other country, the Federal government has minimal policing power. The FBI is very small—so small that it is smaller then one of the three shifts of the New York City police department.
