“He had to raise huge sums of money in a short period of time. He had already spent about ten million of his personal fortune on his African ventures. [...] It was utopian, however, to imagine that a single person, no matter how wealthy, could bear all the financial burdens.” CongoLeopold IiCongo Free State Book:Leopold II of the Belgians: King of colonialism Source: Leopold II of the Belgians: King of colonialism