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I am afraid that in Asia allegiance is merely the recognition of superior strength, and that the Afghans will, on the whole, ask themselves, when the… - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
" "I am afraid that in Asia allegiance is merely the recognition of superior strength, and that the Afghans will, on the whole, ask themselves, when they are determining to whom their allegiance shall be given, which is the stronger Power—which is the Power that can protect their friends and punish their enemies—and I am afraid that they will conclude that the stronger Power is that which advances and never retreats, and not the Power which retreats and preaches all the way.
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About Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), styled Lord Robert Cecil before the death of his elder brother in 1865, and Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until his father died in April 1868, was a three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, during 1885–1886, 1886–1892 and 1895–1902.
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3. Marquess of Salisbury
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil
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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoigne Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury
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