Read the excerpt from an informational document. i became more than ever convinced of the importance of imperialism. my cherished idea is a solution for the social problem . . we colonial statesmen must acquire new lands to settle the surplus population, to provide new markets for the goods produced by them in the factories and mines. the empire, as i have always said, is a bread and butter question. if you want to avoid civil war, you must become imperialists. —cecil rhodes, 1895 which quotation from the excerpt best supports the thesis that imperialism was necessary for british security? “i became more than ever convinced of the importance of imperialism.” “the empire, as i have always said, is a bread and butter question.” “my cherished idea is a solution for the social problem..” “if you want to avoid civil war, you must become imperialists.”