Advantage Quote by John Strachan

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 had its way with making us believe we were inadequate, if we mimicked the lifestyle and values it upheld, we were embraced with…

— Mala Naidoo

Colonialism bred an innate arrogance, but when you undertake that sort of imperial adventure, that arrogance gives way to a feeling of accommodativeness. You…

— Wole Soyinka

Colonialism is the massive fog that has clouded our imaginations regarding who we could be, excised our memories of who we once were, and…

— Waziyatawin

“The colonialist's existence is so closely aligned with that of the colonized that he will never be able to overcome the argument which states…

— Albert Memmi

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

Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.

— Imran Khan

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

— Paulette Regan

“They were no colonists; their administration was merely a squeeze, and nothing more, I suspect. They were conquerors, and for that you want only…

— Joseph Conrad

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

“Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country?”

— Ambeth Ocampo

“Colonies are the outhouses of the European soul, where a fellow can let his pants down and relax, enjoy the smell of his own…

— Thomas Pynchon