...if our ancestors had cared for the rights of other people, the British empire would not have been made. (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

...if our ancestors had cared for the rights of other people, the British empire would not have been made.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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