If There Be A God, I Think

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 Present Humanity Should Be To Take As Much Of The World As It Possibly Could.

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.

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

So Little Done, So Much To Do.