LORD MACAULAY’S ADDRESS TO  THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

2 FEBRUARY, 1835



“I have travelled across the length and breadth of
India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar,
who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this
country, such high moral values, people of such
calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer
this country, unless we break the very backbone of
this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural
heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace
her old and ancient education system, her culture, for
if the Indians think that all that is foreign and
English is good and greater than their own, they will
lose their self-esteem, their native culture and they
will become what we want them, a truly dominated
nation.”
 

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