About Quote by Michael Portillo

An excellent introduction to the rise and fall of the British Raj, accurate, succinct, and engaging.

— Stanley Wolpert

Nobody would take checks from Indians, nobody would give them any credit, and nobody would let them drink in the bars. There was a…

— James Welch

Certainly I'm angry at the way Indians have been treated and continue to be treated. But I don't think it's a helpless emotion.

— Sherman Alexie

“my grandfather was an ordinary British citizen in the time of British Raj. He used to have Bengali friends from whom I learnt Bengali”.”

— Fahmid Hassan Prohor

“Are Indians cowards? No, but they are bad starters and occasionally jib. Fear is everywhere; the British Raj rests on it.”

— E.M. Forster

I first read the 'Raj Quartet' in the early 1970s, when Paul Scott's decision to set his novels in the dying days of the…

— Margaret MacMillan

Famines occur under a colonial administration, like the British Raj in India or for that matter in Ireland, or under military dictators in one…

— Amartya Sen

The most foreign fighters in Iraq are wearing British and American uniforms. The level of self-delusion is bordering frankly on the racist. The vast…

— George Galloway

“That's racist. you maple sucking moose loving midget!”

— America Hetalia

Be nonviolent only with those who are nonviolent to you. And when you can bring me a nonviolent racist, bring me a nonviolent segregationist,…

— Malcolm X

Jeremiah Wright is one of the greatest prophetic preachers that black America has produced. What I find striking is that many white brothers and…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I don't like it when I see a racist comedian go up and say, 'What are we gonna do about all these immigrants?' and…

— Ricky Gervais