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“King Ludwig is traceable everywhere. He is a builder and wise planner of monuments that touch the heart and soul of the entire German people. One day, the Belgian flag must fly on all five continents.”

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“Belgium should become the capital of the empire of Belgium, which, with the help of God, will consist of Borneo, islands in the Pacific, some places in Africa and America and also territories of China and Japan. I am the only one pursuing this for now, but by over-exposing the national fever, I will find support and create apostles.”

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Author:Leopold II

“Belgium does not owe its wealth to te exploitation of the Congo. In the 19th century, Belgium was the second-most industrialised country in the whole world. It is true that the colonisation of the Congo was undoubtedly an enterprise with an economic agenda that yielded much profits to those who took part of it, It is also undeniable that it had a favorable outcome for the Belgian economy. But it was also a "win-win" issue for all concerned, including the Congolese.”

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Author:André de Maere d'Aertrycke

“Colonel Gaddafi was sitting under a tree that I had planted, we had planted several thousand hectares of forest there in Mauritania. He was sitting there under that tree and he was drinking the salted coffee that the Bedouins drink. And he was impressed. He asked me to work out a project with him in Libya as well.”

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Author:Prince Laurent of Belgium

“Before I got the Royal endowment, I was not allowed to work. I always wanted to. And I have always been contradicted on that front. I have never asked to depend on others, I have always wanted to be independent. That's why I want to do these projects.”

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Author:Prince Laurent of Belgium

“I may not always be taken seriously. I often come off as rather humorous: not serious, not academic enough. But that is simply not my style. I regret that I often get comments about that. That people think I have no sense of reality. But people don't know me. Sometimes I find it really disturbing, the criticism I've been getting since I was young. I'm 55 now: if I had really done something wrong, it would have been known by now.”

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Author:Prince Laurent of Belgium

“I've experienced things I didn't want to know and I'm not happy at all with what's happening now. Those bad people will one day have to answer for their actions. I tell you again: in Libya there are people who have been murdered, because of the money that has been released here. And exactly no one has done it.”

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Author:Prince Laurent of Belgium

“Belgian Congo forms with the motherland a single state with a single nationality. The Congolese people live within the national borders of the Belgian state. No other country has the right to intervene in the way a sovereign state governs itself. To reinforce its argument, Belgium decided to stop transmitting information about its colony and stop participating in the meetings of the Special Committee - and for that we do not need the approval of the General Assembly.”

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Author:Pierre Ryckmans

“I swear to abide by the constitution and laws of the Belgian people, to maintain national independence and the integrity of the land.”

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Author:King Philippe of Belgium

“Belgium is the best remedy against patriotism.”

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Author:Geert van Istendael

“Listen to the yell of Leopold's ghost Burning in Hell for his hand-maimed host, Hear how the demons chuckle and yell Cutting his hands off, down in hell”

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Book:The Congo and Other Poems

Source: The Congo and Other Poems

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