Indian Raj Quotes & Sayings

If war has its chivalry and its pageantry, it has also its hideousness and its demoniac woe. Bullets respect not beauty. They tear out the eye, and shatter the jaw, and rend the cheek. — John Stevens Cabot Abbott

It is not wholly surprising, however, that, when India began to reassert herself, two nations should have replaced the single British Raj; but all impartial students must regret that the unity of the Indian sub-continent has been once more lost, and trust that the two great nations of India and Pakistan may soon forget the bitterness born of centuries of strife, in cooperation for the common welfare of their peoples. — Arthur Llewellyn Basham

'Viceroy' is the first British film about the Raj and the transfer of power from Britain to India made by a British Indian director. It is a British film made from an Indian perspective. — Gurinder Chadha

Praise to our Indian brothers, and the dark face have his due!
Thanks to the kindly dark faces who fought with us, faithful and few,
Fought with the bravest among us, and drove them, and smote them, and slew.
That ever upon the topment roof our banner in India blew. — Alfred Tennyson

It's funny how aimless a person can feel at times, even when they know God is in control. — Chris Fabry

A clever woman often compromises her husband; a stupid woman only compromises herself. — Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a mountain. I would ride my horse to town and pick up provisions. Then return to the cabin, with a big open fire, a record player and peace. — Linda McCartney

No Man Is An Island; Every Book Is A World. — Gabrielle Zevin

Maybe we could, um, go sit in the truck? he said, but even as he said it, it sounded so dumb. And not exactly the way he wanted her to remember a marriage proposal. — Robyn Carr

The combination of internal controls and international protectionism gave India a distorted economy, underproductive and grossly inefficient, making too few goods, of too low a quality, at too high a price. The resultant stagnation led to snide comments about what Indian economist Raj Krishna called the "Hindu rate of growth," which averaged some 3.5 percent in the first three decades after independence (or, to be more exact, between 1950 and 1980) when other countries in Southeast Asia were growing at 8 to 15 percent or even more. — Shashi Tharoor

There are things that can harm a lot more than physically. — Laurell K. Hamilton

It is good diplomacy to allow our rulers their customs without adopting them ourselves. — Susan Leona Fisher

A few streets away a grave-looking Saddam warns: Don't double-park, you could cause chaos! ... I'm concerned for your life. — Osama Bin Laden

You cannot be a part-time candidate when you're running against Orrin Hatch. — Scott Howell