Colonialism Quote by Anthony Burgess

Colonialism subdues in many dulcet guises. It conquered under the pretext of spreading Christianity, civilization, law and order, to make the world safe for…

— F. Sionil Jose

“Under what circumstances would those who are the beneficiaries of colonialism stop denying and choose to act differently?”

— Paulette Regan

This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This was done…

— Pope Francis

“One of the most effective ways in which dominant groups maintain their power is by depriving the people they dominate of the knowledge of…

— Jane Sherron De Hart

“However, many of our ancestors were both the colonizers and the colonized. We embody immensely conflicting cultures.”

— Dolores Delgado Bernal

I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we…

— Anonymous

If you do not condemn colonialism, if you do not side with the colonial people, what kind of revolution are you waging?

— Ho Chi Minh

I was on the wrong side of colonization. My ancestry is mostly mired in having the colonial experience as colonized subjects, first as slaves…

— Fred D'Aguiar

I cannot make it better known than it already is that I strongly favor colonization.

— Abraham Lincoln

The ideas that the colonists put forward, rather than creating a new condition of fact, expressed one that has long existed; they articulated and…

— Bernard Bailyn

Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside…

— Ahmed Ben Bella

“When the [colonial] contact was violent, in fact, failure was more frequent than success. 'Colonialism' may have triumphed in the past: but today it…

— Fernand Braudel