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.

When people praise you, don't let it go to your head. When they criticize you, don't let it go to your heart..

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

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

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

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

Man begets, but land does not beget..

So little done, so much to do..

To think of these stars that you see overhead at night, these vast worlds which we can never reach. I would annex the planets if I could; I often thi….

Africa is still lying ready for us it is our duty to take it. It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more territory and we should kee….

I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race... If there be a God….

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 ….

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 na….

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

Pure philanthropy is very well in its way but philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better..

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..

In order to save the 40,000,000 inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a bloody civil war, we colonial statesmen must acquire new lands to settle the….

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 pr….

I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race. Just fancy those pa….

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