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> [Africa is still lying ready for us, it is our duty to take it. It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes: that more territory…](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/)

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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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