Colonization Quotes

“It is our desire that the Indians be converted to our Holy Catholic Faith and their souls be saved.”

“If, in the course of centuries, we colonize all of the available planets in our solar system, this will be done mainly by the force of necessity.”

“We had at length discovered a country ready for the immediate reception of civilized man and destined perhaps to become eventually a portion of a great empire.”

“I would not wish convicts to lay the foundations of an empire.”

“This country will prove the most valuable acquisition Great Britain ever made.”

“Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West.”