10 Movie Quotes about Colonialism (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: August 4, 2025

Memorable quotes about colonialism, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 We, on the other hand, are colonized by wankers. We can't even find a decent culture to be colonized by.

Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton in Trainspotting (1996)

2 I always think tea is so civilized, don't you? -I didn't realize this custom had reached the colonies.

Quote from Batman (1966)

3 The seats of world governments are in Europe, young man. -Yes, I know, but those seats are resting squarely on colonies. I'd like to see how they manage to hold those seats.

Quote from Destination Freedom

4 I've gotten a map of Africa, and I've seen how, from its wide northern top to its southern end, the empires of Europe have carved it into little pieces.

Quote from Destination Freedom

5 I've called it 'An American Dilemma'... the dilemma is whether Americans are going toward democracy and freedom or backwards to colonial thinking!

Quote from Destination Freedom

6 Your Highness, we Americans were once a colonial people, and we naturally feel sympathetic to any people anywhere who are struggling for their freedom. -Very gratifying.

Quote from Lawrence of Arabia

7 All others are barbarians, and it is our moral duty to conquer them, enslave them, and, if necessary, destroy them.

Aristotle in Alexander the Great (1956)

8 Of course, of course... You own the island. You're the real proprietors, but some country has got to claim sovereignty.

Quote from Utopia (1951)

9 Have you had any trouble with the natives? -Yes. Right after you left. -What happened? -We fired a couple of volleys over their heads, and they took to their huts like scared rabbits.

Carl Denham in King Kong (1933)

10 Yes, I agree! Put them on those lands. Let them produce for us, but as slaves. That is the way it has always been!

Quote from The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

10 Movie Quotes about Colonialism (Sound Clips)

1 We, on the other hand, are colonized by wankers. We can't even find a decent culture to be colonized by.

2 I always think tea is so civilized, don't you? -I didn't realize this custom had reached the colonies.

3 The seats of world governments are in Europe, young man. -Yes, I know, but those seats are resting squarely on colonies. I'd like to see how they manage to hold those seats.

4 I've gotten a map of Africa, and I've seen how, from its wide northern top to its southern end, the empires of Europe have carved it into little pieces.

5 I've called it 'An American Dilemma'... the dilemma is whether Americans are going toward democracy and freedom or backwards to colonial thinking!

6 Your Highness, we Americans were once a colonial people, and we naturally feel sympathetic to any people anywhere who are struggling for their freedom. -Very gratifying.

7 All others are barbarians, and it is our moral duty to conquer them, enslave them, and, if necessary, destroy them.

8 Of course, of course... You own the island. You're the real proprietors, but some country has got to claim sovereignty.

9 Have you had any trouble with the natives? -Yes. Right after you left. -What happened? -We fired a couple of volleys over their heads, and they took to their huts like scared rabbits.

10 Yes, I agree! Put them on those lands. Let them produce for us, but as slaves. That is the way it has always been!

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