Cecil Rhodes Quotes

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• To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life.
• Man begets, but land does not beget.
• To think of these stars that you see overhead at night, these vast worlds which we can never reach. I would annex the planets if…
• 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…
• Wherever you turn your eye—except in science—an Oxford man is at the top of the tree.
• I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for…
• 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…
• The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton.
• I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to…
• I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for…
• Having read the histories of other countries, I saw that expansion was everything, and that the world's surface being limited, the great object of present…
• Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole world…
• Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.
• We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is…
• So little done, so much to do..
• Begitu banyak yang harus dilakukan, tetapi begitu sedikit yang telah dilakukan.
• How can I possibly dislike a sex to which Your Majesty belongs?
• The world is nearly all parcelled out, and what there is left of it is being divided up, conquered and colonised.
• To and for the establishment, promotion and development of a Secret Society, the true aim and object whereof shall be for the extension of British…
• I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for…

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