Quotes from Cecil Rhodes

If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible.

The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton.

Having read the histories of other countries, I saw that expansion was everything, and that the world's surface being limited, the great object of present humanity should be to take as much of the world as it possibly could.

Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.

You are an Englishman, and have subsequently drawn the greatest prize in the lottery of life.

Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole world under British rule, for the recovery of the United States, for making the Anglo Saxon race but one Empire? What a dream, but yet it is probable; it is possible.

We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground for the surplus goods produced in our factories.

Always remember that you are an Englishman and therefore have drawn first prize in the lottery of life.

Wherever you turn your eye—except in science—an Oxford man is at the top of the tree.

So much to do; so little done.

Remember that you are an Englishman and consequently have won first prize in the lottery of life.

Ask any man what nationality he would prefer to be, and ninety nine out of a hundred will tell you that they would prefer to be Englishmen

Man begets, but land does not beget.

So little done, so much to do.

I desire to encourage and foster an appreciation of the advantages which will result from the union of the English-speaking peoples throughout the world, and to encourage in the students from the United States of America an attachment to the country from which they have sprung without I hope withdrawing them or their sympathies from the land of their adoption or birth.

I have too much work on my hands and I would not be a dutiful husband.

I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.