How Does Rhodes Quote Relate To Imperialism

I contend that we are the beginning race in the earth, and that the more of the world nosotros inhabit the better it is for the human race. ... If there be a God, I recollect that what he would like me to practise is paint equally much of the map of Africa British Red as possible.

Cecil Rhodes (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British businessman and effective founder of the land of Rhodesia (named after him).

Quotes [edit]

The globe is nearly all parcelled out, and what at that place is left of it is being divided up, conquered and colonised. To call up of these stars that you see overhead at night, these vast worlds which nosotros can never achieve. I would addendum the planets if I could; I often call back of that. It makes me sad to run across them so clear and however so far.

• Equal rights for all civilized men south of the Zambesi.
  • Gordon Le Sueur, Cecil Rhodes the Human being and His Work (1913: 2009), pg. 76
  • Le Sueur states that Rhodes originally said, c. 1893: "Equal rights every white man south of the Zambesi", as reported in the press, and he later "antiseptic" it.

• The globe is near all parcelled out, and what in that location is left of it is being divided up, conquered and colonised. To think of these stars that you encounter overhead at night, these vast worlds which we tin can never accomplish. I would annex the planets if I could; I oftentimes recollect of that. It makes me distressing to run across them so clear and yet so far.
  • Quoted in The Terminal Will and Testament of Cecil John Rhodes (1902) by William T. Stead (a compilation of Rhodes' legal volition and other biographical material)

• To and for the institution, promotion and development of a Secret Social club, the true aim and object whereof shall be for the extension of British rule throughout the world, the perfecting of a system of emigration from the Uk, and of colonisation by British subjects of all lands where the means of livelihood are attainable past energy, labour and enterprise, and especially the occupation past British settlers of the entire Continent of Africa, the Holy Land, the Valley of the Euphrates, the Islands of Cyprus and Candia, the whole of South America, the Islands of the Pacific not heretofore possessed by Great Britain, the whole of the Malay Archipelago, the seaboard of China and Nippon, the ultimate recovery of the United States of America equally an integral office of the British Empire, the inauguration of a system of Colonial representation in the Imperial Parliament which may tend to weld together the disjointed members of the Empire and, finally, the foundation of and then groovy a Ability as to render wars impossible, and promote the best interests of humanity.
  • 1877 will, quoted in Cecil Rhodes by John Flint

• In order to save the 40 million inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a encarmine ceremonious state of war, our colonial statesmen must acquire new lands for settling the surplus population of this country, to provide new markets. ... The Empire, as I have always said, is a bread and butter question.
  • Quoted in Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Phase of Capitalism.
  • William Simpson; Martin Desmond Jones (2000). Europe, 1783-1914. p. 237. Routledge. Retrieved on 2009-06-xiii.

• I fence that nosotros are the starting time race in the world, and that the more of the earth nosotros inhabit the ameliorate it is for the human race. ... If at that place be a God, I remember that what he would like me to do is paint as much of the map of Africa British Red as possible.
  • The Story of Africa. BBC Globe Service. Retrieved on 2009-06-13.

• You lot are an Englishman, and have subsequently drawn the greatest prize in the lottery of life.
  • said by Rhodes to Lord Grey. Michell, Lewis (1910). The Life and Times of the Correct Honourable Cecil John Rhodes 1853-1902, Volume ii. New York and London: Mitchell Kennerly. p. 178.
  • Oftentimes quoted in variant forms such as "To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life".

• The native is to be treated equally a child and denied franchise. We must prefer a organisation of despotism, such as works in Bharat, in our relations with the barbarism of South Africa.
  • Magubane, Bernard M. (1996). The Making of a Racist State: British Imperialism and the Union of South Africa, 1875–1910. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Printing. ISBN 978-0865432413.

Attributed [edit]

• Pure philanthropy is very well in its manner only philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better.
  • Attributed past J. C. Johari, Voices of Indian Liberty Movement (1993), Anmol Publications, ISBN 9788171582259, p. 207

Disputed [edit]

• Nosotros must detect new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground for the surplus goods produced in our factories.
  • Wong, Tune. Pedagogy a "Racist and Outdated Text": A Journey into my own Eye of Darkness. Western Washington University. Retrieved on 2008-09-20.
  • Britten, Sarah (2006). The Art of the South African Insult. thirty° South Publishers. pp. 167. ISBN 9781920143053.

Quotes virtually Cecil Rhodes [edit]

• I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time comes I shall purchase a piece of the rope for a keepsake.
  • Mark Twain, Post-obit the Equator (1897), end of chapter LXIX (The Well-nigh Imposing Man in British Provinces).

• There are two roads to progress: Railroads and Cecil Rhodes.
  • Michael Woods, Bang-up Railway Journeys (1979), first of Zambezi Express of Great Railway Journeys.

External links [edit]

Source: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes

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