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Mohammedanism has the only organization and pretty nearly the only…

Quote byRobert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury · 1830–1903

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Lord Lytton (25 June 1877), quoted in David Steele, Lord Salisbury: A Political Biography (2001), p. 122 and Shih-tsung Wang, Lord Salisbury and Nationality in the East Viewing Imperialism in Its Proper Perspective (2019).

English (original)

Mohammedanism has the only organization and pretty nearly the only ambition hostile to us that is left in India.

— Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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