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title: "2 Bread and butter Quotes By Cecil Rhodes"
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> [ In order to save the 40,000,000 inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a bloody civil war, we colonial statesmen must acquire new lands to settle the surplus population, to provide new markets. \[...\] The Empire, as I have always said,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/in-order-to-save-the-40-000-000-inhabitants-of-the-united-kingdom/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

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> [In order to save the forty million inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a bloody civil war, our colonial statesmen must acquire new lands for settling the surplus population of this country, to provide new markets... The Empire, as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/in-order-to-save-the-forty-million-inhabitants-of-the-united-kingdom/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

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## More by Cecil Rhodes

> [Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/remember-that-you-are-an-englishman-and-have-consequently-won-first/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [In order to save the 40,000,000 inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a bloody civil war, we colonial statesmen must acquire new lands to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/in-order-to-save-the-40-000-000-inhabitants-of-the-united-kingdom/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [Africa is still lying ready for us, it is our duty to take it. It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/africa-is-still-lying-ready-for-us-it-is-our-duty-to-take-it-it-is/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [To think of these stars that you see overhead at night, these vast worlds which we can never reach. I would annex the planets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/to-think-of-these-stars-that-you-see-overhead-at-night-these-vast/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [Why should we not form a secret society with but one object the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/why-should-we-not-form-a-secret-society-with-but-one-object-the/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/if-there-be-a-god-i-think-he-would-like-me-to-paint-africa-british/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/i-contend-that-we-are-the-finest-race-in-the-world-and-that-the-more/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [Pure philanthropy is very well in its way but philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/pure-philanthropy-is-very-well-in-its-way-but-philanthropy-plus-five/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [I then asked myself how could I and after reviewing the various methods I have felt that at the present day we are actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/i-then-asked-myself-how-could-i-and-after-reviewing-the-various/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/the-real-fact-is-that-i-could-no-longer-stand-their-eternal-cold/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [To and for the establishment, promotion and development of a Secret Society, the true aim and object whereof shall be for the extension of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/to-and-for-the-establishment-promotion-and-development-of-a-secret/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [In every Colonial legislature the Society should attempt to have its members prepared at all times to vote or speak and advocate the closer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/in-every-colonial-legislature-the-society-should-attempt-to-have-its/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [You are an Englishman, and have subsequently drawn the greatest prize in the lottery of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/you-are-an-englishman-and-have-subsequently-drawn-the-greatest-prize/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/i-contend-that-we-are-the-finest-race-in-the-world-and-that-the-more-2/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

> [Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/why-should-we-not-form-a-secret-society-with-but-one-object-the-2/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

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