George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston · 2026

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George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

“any government which imperiled the financial position of India in the interests of prodigal philanthropy would be open to serious criticism; but any government which by indiscriminate alms-giving weakened the fibre and demoralized the self-reliance of the population, would be guilty of a public crime.”

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