Time Quote by Shashi Tharoor

“It is foolish to pretend that the legacies of colonialism can be consistently erased without a trace.”

— Partha Chatterjee

“Colonies are the outhouses of the European soul, where a fellow can let his pants down and relax, enjoy the smell of his own…

— Thomas Pynchon

“Then, as now, nobody talked about the legacy of Empire. Britain had colonised, owned, occupied or interfered with half the world. We had carved…

— Jeanette Winterson

“There was nothing inherently wrong with colonialism, he felt, if its administration was fair and just. He”

— Adam Hochschild

“The colonialist's existence is so closely aligned with that of the colonized that he will never be able to overcome the argument which states…

— Albert Memmi

“While you're governing the colony and I'm writing political philosophy, They'll never guess that in the darkness of night we sneak into each other's…

— Orson Scott Card

This writer, and all others of his stamp, should remember that the colonies are now in a state of revolt and rebellion against their…

— Anonymous

“spite of every lie uttered or printed, the truth comes to the top, and it is known alike by peoples and rulers, that on…

— Norman Moss

Postcolonial critics are, I suspect, wrong when they argue that the mass of British people still mourn the loss of empire. But Britain's politicians…

— Linda Colley

“... instead of trying to grapple with the implications of the story of empire, the British seem to have decided just to ignore it...…

— Jeremy Paxman

“Under what circumstances would those who are the beneficiaries of colonialism stop denying and choose to act differently?”

— Paulette Regan

If the new Universal History were also read, it would give a connected idea of human affairs, so far as it goes, which should…

— Benjamin Franklin