“I don't want a Muslim as mayor of Antwerp. But I'm afraid that will happen sooner or later” IslamBelgiumMuslimsFlandersVlaams BelangFilip DewinterAntwerp Author:Filip Dewinter
“Most Muslims do not want to adapt, not even those who were born here. They reject our way of life.” IslamBelgiumMuslimsFlandersVlaams BelangFilip DewinterVlaams Blok Author:Filip Dewinter
“My heart knows of no other ambition than that of seeing you happy!” BelgiumLeopold ILeopold I Of Belgium Author:Leopold I
“I am saddened by the case of Constantinople, this journey was so well served to you, and you have spoiled it with a childishness. (King Leopold I In a letter to his son Prince Leopold II)” Leopold IiBelgiumLeopold I Author:Leopold I
“It is not for us that we exhort you to learn, but for yourself, because ignorance is an inability, a real disaster, because social positions and protection are no longer there as before, there is a ground for malice and even hatred. (King Leopold I In a letter to his son Prince Leopold II)” Leopold IiBelgiumLeopold Ii Of BelgiumLeopold I Of Belgium Author:Leopold I
“Palmerston likes to put his foot on their necks! Now, no statesman must triumph over an enemy that is not quite dead, because people forget a real loss, a real misfortune, but they won’t forget an insult. Napoleon made great mistakes that way; he hated Prussia, insulted it on all occasions, but still left it alive. The consequence was that in 1813 they rose to a man in Prussia, even children and women took arms, because they had been treated with contempt and insulted.” FranceBelgiumPrussiaNapoleonLeopold IPalmerston Author:Leopold I
“My fate is bound up with that of England, and whatever befalls the green isle, I shall not easily abandon it.” EnglandBelgiumUnited KingdomLeopold ILeopold I Of BelgiumKing Leopold I Author:Leopold I
“If we had some sense here other than to quarrel for miserable places we should buy some of the colonies of the Portuguese, it would do an immense amount of good for many of our young officers who we have no means of employing usefully, we want elbow room and it is not probable we shall get it in Europe.” BelgiumPortugalQueen VictoriaLeopold ILeopold I Of Belgium Author:Leopold I
“Constitutional government, especially in a small country, takes a great deal of time, and causes sight to be lost of the questions, which lone can secure to the country a political future. I have many a time that I saw you feeling more and more interest therein, and I am very anxious that it should be so, for it is time to be seriously occupied with those questions; otherwise Belgium will find herself at the tail of all other countries. I have heard that an association of German princes is actively occupied in an attempt at colonization in Texas…” United StatesGermanyTexasColonialismBelgiumColonizationLeopold ILeopold I Of Belgium Author:Leopold I
“The sedition mongers are not numerous, but they frighten the peaceful majority, who, although it can be really strong, feels a veritable panic before this agitating force in the shadows? It is in this fear that lies the principal danger, and it would be in the veritable interest of the welfare of Europe that the Powers could show that the necessary force to support and defend the right is not still lacking to them.” EuropeBelgiumLeopold ILeopold I Of BelgiumConcert Of Europe Author:Leopold I