Imperialism Quotes

“The march of the flag!”

“American factories are making more than the American people can use; American soil is producing more than they can consume. Fate has written our policy for us; the trade of the world must and shall be ours.”

“The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.”

“The Philippines are ours forever... And just beyond the Philippines are China's illimitable markets. We will not retreat from either.”

“The British race is the greatest of governing races that the world has ever seen.”

“The future is with the great Empires, and there is no greater Empire than the British Empire.”

“The need for a true Imperial Parliament, to which the self-governing Dominions should send their representatives, is a commonplace of imperial thought.”

“Neo-colonialism is the worst form of imperialism. For those who practise it, it means power without responsibility and for those who suffer from it, it means exploitation without redress.”

“Imperialism is a system of exploitation that occurs not only in the brutal form of those who come with guns to conquer territory. Imperialism often occurs in more subtle forms, a loan, food aid, blackmail.”

“The secret of the master is superiority, born of virtue, courage, and race.”

“In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested.”

“As long as we rule India, we are the greatest power in the world. If we lose it, we shall drop straight away to a third-rate power.”

“The interests of India are the interests of England.”

“Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well.”

“Imperialism is a system of aggression and plunder and the source of all the misfortunes and sufferings of the people of the world.”

“Globalization, as it has been managed, is a modern form of imperialism.”

“The Opposition tells us that we ought not to govern a people without their consent. I answer, The rule of liberty that all just government derives its authority from the consent of the governed, applies only to those who are capable of self-government.”

“We are a conquering race, and we must obey our blood and occupy new markets, and, if necessary, new lands.”

“I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in.”

“The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come.”