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	'''Cecil John Rhodes''' (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British]] [[Imperialism\|imperialist]] politician and [[Bourgeoisie\|millionaire]]. After seeing the suffering of the British [[Proletariat\|working class]], he believed that [[colonialism]] and imperialism were the only way to pacify the population and avoid a [[Proletarian revolution\|civil war]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1916\|title=Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism\|chapter=Division of the World among the Great Powers\|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch06.htm\|city=[[Moscow]]\|publisher=Progress Publishers\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/index.htm}}</ref>		'''Cecil John Rhodes''' (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British]] [[Imperialism\|imperialist]] politician and [[Bourgeoisie\|millionaire]] who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896 and founded the colony of [[Rhodesia colony\|Rhodesia]]. After seeing the suffering of the British [[Proletariat\|working class]], he believed that [[colonialism]] and imperialism were the only way to pacify the population and avoid a [[Proletarian revolution\|civil war]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1916\|title=Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism\|chapter=Division of the World among the Great Powers\|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch06.htm\|city=[[Moscow]]\|publisher=Progress Publishers\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/index.htm}}</ref>

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	== Education ==		== Education ==
	Rhodes was admitted to [[Oriel College Oxford]], but only stayed for one term in 1873 and only returned for his second term in 1876. He was greatly influenced by [[John Ruskin\|John Ruskin's]] inaugural lecture at Oxford, which reinforced his own attachment to the cause of [[British imperialism\|British Imperialism]]. Among his Oxford associates were [[Rochefort Maguire]], later a fellow of [[All Souls]] and a director of the [[British South Africa Company]], and [[Charles Metcalfe]]. At university, Rhodes was also taken up with the idea of creating a ‘secret society’ of British men who would be able to lead the world, and spread to all corners of the globe the spirit of the Englishman that Rhodes so admired. He wrote of this society, <blockquote>"Why should we not form a secret society with but one object the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole uncivilised world under British rule for the recovery of the [[United States of America\|United States]] for the making the Anglo-Saxon race but one Empire."</blockquote>His university career engendered in Rhodes his admiration for the Oxford 'system' which was eventually to mature in his scholarship scheme: "Wherever you turn your eye - except in science - an Oxford man is at the top of the tree".<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=South African History Online\|title=Cecil John Rhodes\|date=2024-02-03\|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/cecil-john-rhodes\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203155627/https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/cecil-john-rhodes\|archive-date=2024-02-03\|retrieved=2024-02-03}}</ref>		Rhodes was admitted to [[Oriel College Oxford]], but only stayed for one term in 1873 and only returned for his second term in 1876. He was greatly influenced by [[John Ruskin\|John Ruskin's]] inaugural lecture at Oxford, which reinforced his own attachment to the cause of [[British imperialism\|British Imperialism]]. Among his Oxford associates were [[Rochefort Maguire]], later a fellow of [[All Souls]] and a director of the [[British South Africa Company]], and [[Charles Metcalfe]].<ref name=":0" /> At university, Rhodes was also taken up with the idea of creating a ‘secret society’ of British men who would be able to lead the world, and spread to all corners of the globe the spirit of the Englishman that Rhodes so admired. He wrote of this society, <blockquote>"Why should we not form a secret society with but one object the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole uncivilised world under British rule for the recovery of the [[United States of America\|United States]] for the making the Anglo-Saxon race but one Empire."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>His university career engendered in Rhodes his admiration for the Oxford 'system' which was eventually to mature in his scholarship scheme: "Wherever you turn your eye - except in science - an Oxford man is at the top of the tree."<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=South African History Online\|title=Cecil John Rhodes\|date=2024-02-03\|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/cecil-john-rhodes\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203155627/https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/cecil-john-rhodes\|archive-date=2024-02-03\|retrieved=2024-02-03}}</ref>

	== Beliefs ==		== Beliefs ==
	[[File:Cecil Rhodes Imperialist Dream Map.png\|thumb\|Rhodes’ British Empire corridor through Africa.]]		[[File:Cecil Rhodes Imperialist Dream Map.png\|thumb\|Rhodes’ British Empire corridor through Africa.]]
	One of Rhodes’ guiding principles throughout his life, that underpinned almost all of his actions, was his firm belief that the Englishman was the greatest human specimen in the world and that his rule would be a benefit to all. Rhodes was the ultimate imperialist, he believed, above all else, in the glory of the British Empire and the superiority of the Englishman and British Rule, and saw it as his God given task to expand the Empire, not only for the good of that Empire, but, as he believed, for the good of all peoples over whom the British would rule. At the age of 24 he had already shared this vision with his fellows in a tiny shack in a mining town in Kimberley, when he told them,<blockquote>"The object of which I intend to devote my life is the defence and extension of the British Empire. I think that object a worthy one because the British Empire stands for the protection of all the inhabitants of a country in life, liberty, property, fair play and happiness and it is the greatest platform the world has ever seen for these purposes and for human enjoyment."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>		One of Rhodes’ guiding principles throughout his life, that underpinned almost all of his actions, was his firm belief that the Englishman was the greatest human specimen in the world and that his rule would be a benefit to all. Rhodes was the ultimate imperialist, he believed, above all else, in the glory of the British Empire and the superiority of the Englishman and British Rule, and saw it as his God given task to expand the Empire, not only for the good of that Empire, but, as he believed, for the good of all peoples over whom the British would rule.<ref name=":0" /> At the age of 24 he had already shared this vision with his fellows in a tiny shack in a mining town in Kimberley, when he told them,<blockquote>"The object of which I intend to devote my life is the defence and extension of the British Empire. I think that object a worthy one because the British Empire stands for the protection of all the inhabitants of a country in life, liberty, property, fair play and happiness and it is the greatest platform the world has ever seen for these purposes and for human enjoyment."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

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	{{Infobox politician\|name=Cecil Rhodes\|image_size=200\|birth_date=5 July 1853\|birth_place=Bishop's Stortford, [[England]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922)\|United Kingdom]]\|death_date=26 March 1902\|death_place=Muizenberg, [[Cape Colony]]\|political_orientation=[[Imperialism]]<br>[[Colonialism]]\|political_party=[[Liberal Party (UK)\|Liberal Party]]\|image=Cecil Rhodes.png}}		{{Infobox politician\|name=Cecil Rhodes\|image_size=200\|birth_date=5 July 1853\|birth_place=Bishop's Stortford, [[England]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922)\|United Kingdom]]\|death_date=26 March 1902\|death_place=Muizenberg, [[Cape Colony]]\|political_orientation=[[Imperialism]]<br>[[Colonialism]]\|political_party=[[Liberal Party (UK)\|Liberal Party]]\|image=Cecil Rhodes.png}}

	'''Cecil John Rhodes''' (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British imperialist politician and millionaire. After seeing the suffering of the British [[Proletariat\|working class]], he believed that colonialism and imperialism were the only way to pacify the population and avoid a [[Proletarian revolution\|civil war]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1916\|title=Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism\|chapter=Division of the World among the Great Powers\|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch06.htm\|city=[[Moscow]]\|publisher=Progress Publishers\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/index.htm}}</ref>		'''Cecil John Rhodes''' (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British]] [[Imperialism\|imperialist]] politician and [[Bourgeoisie\|millionaire]]. After seeing the suffering of the British [[Proletariat\|working class]], he believed that [[colonialism]] and imperialism were the only way to pacify the population and avoid a [[Proletarian revolution\|civil war]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1916\|title=Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism\|chapter=Division of the World among the Great Powers\|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch06.htm\|city=[[Moscow]]\|publisher=Progress Publishers\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/index.htm}}</ref>

			== Education ==
			Rhodes was admitted to [[Oriel College Oxford]], but only stayed for one term in 1873 and only returned for his second term in 1876. He was greatly influenced by [[John Ruskin\|John Ruskin's]] inaugural lecture at Oxford, which reinforced his own attachment to the cause of [[British imperialism\|British Imperialism]]. Among his Oxford associates were [[Rochefort Maguire]], later a fellow of [[All Souls]] and a director of the [[British South Africa Company]], and [[Charles Metcalfe]]. At university, Rhodes was also taken up with the idea of creating a ‘secret society’ of British men who would be able to lead the world, and spread to all corners of the globe the spirit of the Englishman that Rhodes so admired. He wrote of this society, <blockquote>"Why should we not form a secret society with but one object the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole uncivilised world under British rule for the recovery of the [[United States of America\|United States]] for the making the Anglo-Saxon race but one Empire."</blockquote>His university career engendered in Rhodes his admiration for the Oxford 'system' which was eventually to mature in his scholarship scheme: "Wherever you turn your eye - except in science - an Oxford man is at the top of the tree".<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=South African History Online\|title=Cecil John Rhodes\|date=2024-02-03\|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/cecil-john-rhodes\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203155627/https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/cecil-john-rhodes\|archive-date=2024-02-03\|retrieved=2024-02-03}}</ref>

			== Beliefs ==
			[[File:Cecil Rhodes Imperialist Dream Map.png\|thumb\|Rhodes’ British Empire corridor through Africa.]]
			One of Rhodes’ guiding principles throughout his life, that underpinned almost all of his actions, was his firm belief that the Englishman was the greatest human specimen in the world and that his rule would be a benefit to all. Rhodes was the ultimate imperialist, he believed, above all else, in the glory of the British Empire and the superiority of the Englishman and British Rule, and saw it as his God given task to expand the Empire, not only for the good of that Empire, but, as he believed, for the good of all peoples over whom the British would rule. At the age of 24 he had already shared this vision with his fellows in a tiny shack in a mining town in Kimberley, when he told them,<blockquote>"The object of which I intend to devote my life is the defence and extension of the British Empire. I think that object a worthy one because the British Empire stands for the protection of all the inhabitants of a country in life, liberty, property, fair play and happiness and it is the greatest platform the world has ever seen for these purposes and for human enjoyment."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

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{{Infobox politician|name=Cecil Rhodes|image_size=200|birth_date=5 July 1853|birth_place=Bishop's Stortford, [[England]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922)|United Kingdom]]|death_date=26 March 1902|death_place=Muizenberg, [[Cape Colony]]|political_orientation=[[Imperialism]]<br>[[Colonialism]]|political_party=[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]]|image=Cecil Rhodes.png}}

'''Cecil John Rhodes''' (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British imperialist politician and millionaire. After seeing the suffering of the British [[Proletariat|working class]], he believed that colonialism and imperialism were the only way to pacify the population and avoid a [[Proletarian revolution|civil war]].<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]|year=1916|title=Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism|chapter=Division of the World among the Great Powers|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch06.htm|city=[[Moscow]]|publisher=Progress Publishers|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/index.htm}}</ref>

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[[Category:Genocide perpetrators]]
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