"Let us form the same kind of society……" — Cecil Rhodes
"Let us form the same kind of society a Church for the extension of the British Empire."
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Cecil Rhodes
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33 Quotes by Cecil Rhodes
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To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life.
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Man begets, but land does not beget.
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To think of these stars that you see overhead at night, these vast worlds which we can never reach. I…
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Africa is still lying ready for us, it is our duty to take it. It is our duty to seize…
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Wherever you turn your eye—except in science—an Oxford man is at the top of the tree.
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I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit…
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In order to save the forty million inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a bloody civil war, our colonial statesmen…
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The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton.
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I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea,…
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I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit,…
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Having read the histories of other countries, I saw that expansion was everything, and that the world's surface being limited,…
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Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the…
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