This quote was from Cecil Rhodes, a successful British imperialist in Africa. Does this quote support political, economic, or social causes for imperialism? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Your answer must be in complete sentences and plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated. "I contend that we [Britons] are the finest race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race ... It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquired more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that more territory simply means more of the Anglo-Saxon race, more of the best, the more human, most honourable race the world possesses." - Cecil Rhodes, Confessions of Faith, 1877

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This quote was from Cecil Rhodes, a successful British imperialist in Africa. Does this quote support political, economic, or social causes for imperialism? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Your answer must be in complete sentences and plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated. "I contend that we [Britons] are the finest race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race ... It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquired more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that more territory simply means more of the Anglo-Saxon race, more of the best, the more human, most honourable race the world possesses." - Cecil Rhodes, Confessions of Faith, 1877

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In the famous poem, "White Man's Burden," the author is suggesting that Imperialism is a very good endeavor the United States should have. Author RudyardKipling says: "Take up the White Man's burden" and "To serve your captives' need.". A phrase used to justify European imperialism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; it is the title of a poem by Rudyard Kipling. The phrase implies that imperialism was motivated by a high-minded desire of whites to uplift people of color.