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Anti-imperialism10 quotes
The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it. — Joseph Conrad · 1899Leave this Europe where they are never done talking of Man, yet murder men everywhere they find them. — Frantz Fanon · 1961The dark world is going to submit to its present treatment just as long as it must and not one moment longer. — W.E.B. Du Bois · 1920If you wanted to join the P.F.J., you'd have to really hate the Romans. — Reg · 1979When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity. — C.L.R. James · 1938Listen, the only people we hate more than the Romans are the fucking Judean People's Front! — Reg · 1979All 10 quotes →Imperialism3 quotes
The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it. — Joseph Conrad · 1899All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? — Reg · 1979There is nothing perhaps more adverse to nature and reason than to hold in obedience remote countries and foreign nations in opposition to their inclination and interest. — Edward Gibbon · 1781Anti-colonialism2 quotes
The dark world is going to submit to its present treatment just as long as it must and not one moment longer. — W.E.B. Du Bois · 1920During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in har¬ mony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. — Nelson Mandela · 1964Politics2 quotes
If you wanted to join the P.F.J., you'd have to really hate the Romans. — Reg · 1979Listen, the only people we hate more than the Romans are the fucking Judean People's Front! — Reg · 1979Revolutionary politics2 quotes
If you wanted to join the P.F.J., you'd have to really hate the Romans. — Reg · 1979Listen, the only people we hate more than the Romans are the fucking Judean People's Front! — Reg · 1979Activism1 quote
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in har¬ mony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. — Nelson Mandela · 1964Equality1 quote
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in har¬ mony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. — Nelson Mandela · 1964Europe1 quote
Leave this Europe where they are never done talking of Man, yet murder men everywhere they find them. — Frantz Fanon · 1961Political infighting1 quote
Listen, the only people we hate more than the Romans are the fucking Judean People's Front! — Reg · 1979Political theory1 quote
Insurrection-by means of guerrilla bands-is the true method of warfare for all nations desirous of emancipating themselves from a foreign yoke. — Giuseppe Mazzini · 1833Rebellion1 quote
Insurrection-by means of guerrilla bands-is the true method of warfare for all nations desirous of emancipating themselves from a foreign yoke. — Giuseppe Mazzini · 1833Roman Empire1 quote
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? — Reg · 1979