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I and those who agree with me believe in the expansion of the Empire, and we are not ashamed to confess that we have that feeling, and we are not at all troubled by accusations of Jingoism.

— Joseph Chamberlain

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London is the clearing-house of the world.

The day of small nations has passed away; the day of Empires has come.

I say that it is only by commercial union, reciprocal preference, that you can lay the foundations of the confederation of the Empire to which we all look forward as a brilliant possibility.

The weary Titan staggers under the too vast orb of its fate.

We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is happening to our neighbours.

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