Best Imperialism Quotes
135 Imperialism quotes by 87 unique authors
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We stand todaybefore the awful proposition: either the triumph of imperialism and the destruction of all culture, and, as in ancient Rome, depopulation, desolation, degeneration,…
— Rosa Luxemburg
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It is only the ending of capitalism, colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism and the attainment of world communism that can provide the conditions under which the…
— Kwame Nkrumah
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My point is that it's incorrect to say that the Iraq policy isn't working. It is working. It is doing what they want. They have…
— Michael Parenti
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Under its current form, that is imperialism-controlled, debt is a cleverly managed re-conquest of Africa, aiming at subjugating its growth and development through foreign rules.…
— Thomas Sankara
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For all the casual slurs about 'cultural imperialism', British imperialists were more interested in other cultures than anybody before or since, and, if they hadn't…
— Mark Steyn
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The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of economic…
— Carl Schmitt
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Religion has always been the picklock of imperialism. Let them try to convert the heathens, and when they fail, we shall send in the French…
— Jules Ferry
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The land on which they (the Founding Fathers) formed this Union was stolen. The hands with which they built this nation were enslaved. The women…
— Melissa Harris-Perry
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Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.
— George Ayittey
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The race question is subsidiary to the class question in politics, and to think of imperialism in terms of race is disastrous. But to neglect…
— C L R James
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Imperialism creates the illusion of wealth as far as the masses are concerned. It usually serves to hide the fact that the ruling classes are…
— Jack D. Forbes
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It is wrong to try to avoid the struggle against imperialism under the pretext that independence and revolution are important, but that peace is still…
— Kim Il-sung
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The most important thing in our war preparations is to teach all our people to hate U.S. imperialism. Otherwise, we will not be able to…
— Kim Il-sung
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We are opposed to the line of compromise with imperialism. At the same time, we cannot tolerate the practice of only shouting against imperialism, but,…
— Kim Il-sung
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You tell me the truth. You tell me that my son died for oil. You tell me that my son died to make your friends…
— Cindy Sheehan
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I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.
— Cindy Sheehan
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After the tragedy of 9/11 we were on our way to becoming a fledgling Matriotic society until our leaders jumped on the bandwagon of inappropriate…
— Cindy Sheehan
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Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself . . . When we…
— Bertrand Russell
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A true world outlook is incompatible with a foreign imperialism, no matter how high-minded the governing country.
— Wendell Willkie
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The constancies and equivalences adumbrated work havoc with such settled topical blocks as myth and philosophy, natural reason and revelation, philosophy and religion, or the…
— Eric Voegelin
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Everything is divisible. And so is this colossus of U.S. imperialism. It can be split up and defeated.
— Lin Biao
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We have to be vigilant on two fronts: (1) to not let our anti-imperialism lead to the defense of authoritarian regimes in the region and…
— Vijay Prashad
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Evolution is the root of atheism, of communism, nazism, behaviorism, racism, economic imperialism, militarism, libertinism, anarchism, and all manner of anti-Christian systems of belief and…
— Henry M. Morris
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Not just in China, but everywhere in the world without exception, one either leans to the side of imperialism or the side of socialism. Neutrality…
— Mao Zedong
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On what basis should our policy rest? It should rest on our own strength, and that means regeneration through one's own efforts. We are not…
— Mao Zedong
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