ALFRED MILNER

There is no way out of the political troubles of South Africa except for reform in the Transvaal, or war.

The traditional policy is absolutely opposed to compulsory labor for private employment... It is a point of fundamental importance that there is no question of force or compulsion, but only of encouragement and advice through the native chiefs and headmen…

The case for intervention is overwhelming … The spectacle of thousands of British subjects kept permanently in the position of helots …

If we believe a thing to be bad, and if we have a right to prevent it, it is our duty to prevent it and to damn the consequences.

... as an observer of the actual condition of Egyptian society, I cannot shut my eyes to the fact that popular government, as we understand it, is for a longer time than anyone can foresee at present out of the question. The people neither comprehend it nor desire it. They would come to singular grief if they had it.

... as an observer of the actual condition of Egyptian society, I cannot shut my eyes to the fact that popular government, as we understand it, is for a longer time than anyone can foresee at present out of the question. The people neither comprehend it nor desire it. They would come to singular grief if they had it.

The case for intervention is overwhelming … The spectacle of thousands of British subjects kept permanently in the position of helots …

There is no way out of the political troubles of South Africa except for reform in the Transvaal, or war.

The traditional policy is absolutely opposed to compulsory labor for private employment... It is a point of fundamental importance that there is no question of force or compulsion, but only of encouragement and advice through the native chiefs and headmen…

If we believe a thing to be bad, and if we have a right to prevent it, it is our duty to prevent it and to damn the consequences.