I am quite satisfied with my views of India. I don’t want them disturbed by any bloody Indian.

Thus Winston Churchill said (or is alleged to have said) to Lord Halifax née Lord Irwin née Edward Wood, in 1929. See richardlangworth.com for discussion of the quote. Ben Pimlott, editor, The Second World War Diary of Hugh Dalton 1940-45 (Jonathan Cape 1986), 126.