I submit respectfully to the House as a general principle that our responsibility in this matter is directly proportionate to our power. Where there is great power there is great responsibility, where there is less power there is less responsibility, and where there is no power there can, I think, be no responsibility. Anonymous
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This quote is an interesting one because, as you can see, there is a directness and a subtlety to it. The quote can be interpreted in several different ways, but one thing is for sure: the speaker was not the one who said it. In fact, he could never have said those words. You see, this man was George Canning—one of the most powerful men of his day—and he never would have spoken those words.

And yet someone else did. Someone with no power at all. How this happened is a story of intrigue and betrayal that still resonates to this day.

Source: February 28, 1906 Speech South African Native Races. Wi

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