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“Leopold II paved the way for a Congo that could be independent from other countries, but that is currently very disappointing, in 1960 — the year of independence — Congo is an emerging and prosperous country. The Congolese at that time have the highest standard of living in all of Africa.”

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Book:Léopold II Le plus grand chef d'Etat de l'histoire du Congo (Études africaines)

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“a comeback is possible for the Congolese. but for that, the country needs an extraordinary leader, someone of the caliber of Leopold II, someone who organizes the state, a genius in state administration, a know-it-all manager.”

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Book:Léopold II Le plus grand chef d'Etat de l'histoire du Congo (Études africaines)

Source: Léopold II Le plus grand chef d'Etat de l'histoire du Congo (Études africaines)

“It is a well-known fact that Henry Morton Stanley evaluated the population size on the basis of a very limited number of observations along the Congo river, and dubious extrapolation calculation methods containing several errors. As a matter of fact, nobody, even today, can seriously provide any reliable figures in this respect.”

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“Leopold II did his utmost to pacify his Congo Free State, by putting an end to the incessant tribal wars (with ensuing atrocities including cannibalism), and by defeating the Arab slave traders who were decimating the population of the eastern part of the country, with the assistance of local tribes such as the Batetela.”

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“Neither cruelty, nor violence, nor torture will make me beg for mercy, because I prefer to die with my head raised high, with unshakeable faith... In my country’s predestination rather than live in submission forsaking my sacred principles.”

Congo Belgian Congo Patrice Lumumba

Book:Lumumba Speaks: The Speeches and Writings of Patrice Lumumba, 1958-1961

Source: Lumumba Speaks: The Speeches and Writings of Patrice Lumumba, 1958-1961

“All together, dear brothers and sisters, workers and government employees, workers by brain and by hand, rich and poor, Africans and Europeans, Catholics and Protestants, Kimbanguists and Kitawalists, let us unite and create a great nation.”

Congo Belgian Congo Patrice Lumumba

Book:Lumumba Speaks: The Speeches and Writings of Patrice Lumumba, 1958-1961

Source: Lumumba Speaks: The Speeches and Writings of Patrice Lumumba, 1958-1961

“My dear countrymen! In joy and in sorrow I will always be with you. It is together with you that I fought to free my country from foreign rule. Together with you I am fighting to strengthen our national independence. Together with you, I will fight to preserve the integrity and national unity of the Republic of the Congo.”

Congo Belgian Congo Patrice Lumumba

Book:Lumumba Speaks: The Speeches and Writings of Patrice Lumumba, 1958-1961

Source: Lumumba Speaks: The Speeches and Writings of Patrice Lumumba, 1958-1961

“I know that an overwhelming majority of the Belgian people are against the oppression of Africans. They disapprove of a colonial status for the Congo under which 14 million Congolese are exposed to the diktat of a tiny economic oligarchy. If the Belgian people were to have their say, the Congo would never have experienced the misfortunes which are affecting it now.”

Congo Belgian Congo Patrice Lumumba

Book:Lumumba Speaks: The Speeches and Writings of Patrice Lumumba, 1958-1961

Source: Lumumba Speaks: The Speeches and Writings of Patrice Lumumba, 1958-1961

“Our dearest wish perhaps, some may find it utopian is to found in the Congo a Nation in which differences of race and religion will melt away, a homogeneous society composed of Belgians and Congolese who with a single impulse will link their hearts to the destinies of the country.”

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“There's a difference between being alive and living.”

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“As someone celebrated as an anti-colonial hero in the contemporary academy, it is often forgotten that Patrice Lumumba was an active “collaborator” in Belgian colonial rule by any measure: a postal clerk, the head of a local trade federation, and an insider in colonial society as head of Stanleyville’s Association des Évolués.”

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