Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) Soldier, journalist and Prime Minister of UK
"The tremendous forces of fanaticism are exerted only in a forward direction."
"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture,sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men."
"For more than a thousand years the influence of Mohammedanism, which appears to possess a strange fascination for negroid races, has been permeating the Soudan, and, although ignorance and natural obstacles impede the progress of new ideas, the whole of the black race is gradually adopting the new religion and developing Arab characteristics. In the districts of the north, where the original invaders settled, the evolution is complete, and the Arabs of the Soudan are a race formed by the interbreeding of negro and Arab, and yet distinct from both."
"The qualities of mongrels are rarely admirable, and the mixture of the Arab and negro types has produced a debased and cruel breed, more shocking because they are more intelligent than the primitive savages."
"When difficulties and dangers perplex all minds, it has often happened in history that many men by different lines of thought arrive at the same conclusion."
"Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it."
"No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."
Wow, some great political incorrect but accurate stuff there that would make the leftists spin in circles and foam at the mouth.
ReplyDeleteWinnie has been a hero of mine since I was a kid.
The hard-hitting ones are from his "The River War" vol II. Not easily found for full reading online and most of our present day politically correct libraries might not even show that particular volume in their catalogue.
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