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.

Man begets, but land does not beget.

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

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.

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

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 surplus population, to provide new markets. [...] The Empire, as I have always said, is a bread and butter question.

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