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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.

— Wangari Maathai

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.

— Imran Khan

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.

— Emily Greene Balch

Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically.

— Robert Mugabe

I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined that our nation, and the world as a whole, shall not be the plaything of one small corner of the world.

— Sukarno

Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.

— Ahmed Ben Bella

A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.

— Kwame Nkrumah

I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

— Madeleine Albright

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

— Kim Jong Il

In general, Americans are not very good at nation-building and not very good colonialists.

— Francis Fukuyama

✗Opposing Perspectives

I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing.

— Ian Smith