" The English,” says M. Grandidier, “have been fortunate in finding in this large and magnificent country a gentle, industrious, and civilized people, who for long have been accustomed to a yoke. But they must be careful; gentleness has its limits, and the yoke should not be allowed to bruise their necks, or they may one day rebel and cast it off.”   Footnote "

― Jules Verne , The End of Nana Sahib: The Steam House (Extraordinary Voyages, #20)