"In carrying out this work of civilization we are fulfilling what I believe to be our
national mission... No doubt... there has been bloodshed, there has been loss of life
among the native populations, loss of still more precious lives among those who have
been sent out to bring these countries into some kind of disciplined order, but it must
be remembered that this is the condition of the mission we have to fulfill."
-Speech of the British Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Joseph Chamberlain, at the annual dinner of the
Royal Colonial Institute on March 31, 1897.