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Historical perspectives on colonialism and its legacy

These colonialism quotes offer measured historical reflection on empire, war, and the long process of nations rebuilding, a subject also touched in country quotes.

Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026

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Nov 07, 2020

It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of colonialism and establish a national internal regime.

Quotes by Ahmed Ben Bella

Moving
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Nov 07, 2020

And so I'm saying that, yes, colonialism was terrible, and I describe it as a legacy of wars, but we ought to be moving away from that by now.

Quotes by Wangari Maathai

Nov 07, 2020

It would be wrong to see the re-making of Asia, much less India,as a revolt against the West. Asia has indeed been re-built on the ruins of colonialism, but not on the ruins of all that the West has come to represent.

Quotes by Sanjaya Baru

Nov 07, 2020

Zimbabwe is an unusual case study in African colonialism in that it was invaded by a private company under Royal Charter.

Quotes by Petina Gappah

Force
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Nov 07, 2020

The liquidation of colonialism is a trend of the times which no force can hold back.

Quotes by Kim Jong Il

First
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Nov 07, 2020

Cuba came to be the last country to get rid of Spanish colonialism and the first to shake off the heinous imperialist tutelage.

Quotes by Fidel Castro

Economically
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Nov 07, 2020

These wars appear also to have given its death blow to colonialism and to imperialism in its colonial form, under which weaker peoples were treated as possessions to be economically exploited. At least we hope that such colonialism is on the way out.

Quotes by Emily Greene Balch

Nov 07, 2020

Colonialism is the cousin of slavery.

Quotes by Chadwick Boseman

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Nov 07, 2020

To campaign against colonialism is like barking up a tree that has already been cut down.

Quotes by Andrew Cohen

Others describe how regions moved past colonial rule at different paces, looking back quotes on state formation across continents.

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