It is natural anywhere that people like their own kind, but it is not necessarily natural that their fondness for their own kind should lead them to the subjection of whole groups of other people not like them.

In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge; if he treats them well, and "governs them for their good," they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.

In the eyes of empire builders men are not men, but instruments.

Imperialism as he [Kipling] sees it is a sort of forcible evangelising.

Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a rest?

I wish I could bring Stonehenge to Nyasaland to show there was a time when Britain had a savage culture.

Had there only been the protectorate and colonialism, everything would have been simple. Then my past, our past, would have been simple. No, Mr. Sartre, hell isn't others. It is also in ourselves.