The Moral Case for the British Empire

Being of Irish extraction and Catholic, I have more reason to be hostile to the British Empire than anyone. Still, certain things are simply true, and deserve to be acknowledged. The British Empire was a good idea, and mostly a force for good. There is precious little bad feeling toward it in most of its former colonies.

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