Best 3 quotes of Jules Ferry on MyQuotes

After our humiliating loss of Alsace-Lorraine, France needs a victory to restore pride in the nation.

I repeat that superior races have a right [to establish colonies], because they have a duty. They have the duty to civilize inferior races.

Religion has always been the picklock of imperialism. Let them try to convert the heathens, and when they fail, we shall send in the French Navy to protect them and our political and commercial interests.