Colonialism Quote by Sukarno

But colonialism in its harshest forms is not only the exploitation of new nations by old, of dark skins by light, or the subjugation…

— John F. Kennedy

“The oppressed peoples of the earth are not objects for the exquisite turmoil of European consciences. They are subjects from which to learn how…

— Alain Badiou

Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies.…

— Ahmed Ben Bella

When it comes to France, it seems to me the fundamental question is how a former colonial power should interact with its former colony.

— Alvaro de Vasconcelos

“Colonialism oppressed and subverted Africans and remade them as scavengers, pleaders, and servants”

— Paul Theroux

“One of the tragic ironies of the second half of the 20th century is that when colonies in the developing world freed themselves from…

— Steven Pinker

“The situation, therefore, in the colonial countries, is tragic,” Cesaire continued. “Wherever colonization is a fact the indigenous culture begins to rot. And, among…

— James Baldwin

“The race question is subsidiary to the class question in politics, and to think of imperialism in terms of race is disastrous. But to…

— CLR James

The darkest aspects of imperialism are still very much prevalent in many cultures around the world; hundreds of years later, and we have a…

— Johan Renck

“Conquest occurred through violence, and over-expolitation and oppression necessitate continued violence, so the army is present. There would be no contradiction in that, if…

— Albert Memmi

“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

“And it is clear that in the colonial countries the peasants alone are revolutionary, for they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.…

— Frantz Fanon