“Santo Tomas was based on emigration and was therefore bound to fail, Belgians do not emigrate.” Quote by Leopold II
“A People which is content with its homeland and which shreds at even the shadow of a conflict lacks the characteristics of a superior race.” CongoLeopold IiBelgiumCongo Free StateLeopolds Ghost Author:Leopold II
“You have the charisma of a damp rag, and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk. And the question that I want to ask, that we're all going to ask, is "Who are you?" I'd never heard of you. Nobody in Europe had ever heard of you.” BelgiumNigel FarageHerman Van Rompuy Author:Nigel Farage
“There are no small countries, only small minds.” CongoLeopold IiBelgiumCongo Free StateBelgian Congo Author:Leopold II
“Stand at the top of a cliff and jump off and build your wings on the way down.” WritingInspirationImaginationRiskMargaret Langstaff Book:Fahrenheit 451 Source: Fahrenheit 451
“I undertook the Congo project in the interest of Civilization and for the good of Belgium.” CongoLeopold IiBelgiumBrusselsBelgian CongoCinquantinaireCongo Freev State Author:Leopold II
“Nations that renounce ambition are nations with no future.” CongoLeopold IiBelgiumCongo Free StateBelgian Congo Author:Leopold II
“It is very curious to see how in China and Morocco the vanquished pay for the costs of the expedition that crushed them.” ChinaFranceColonialismLeopold IiBelgiumMoroccoFrench ColonialismFrench Colonial EmpireFrench Colonies Author:Leopold II
“You speak of my popularity, but it is out of the question now, and in doing so, my dear Prime Minister, I declare that I will not doubt between my duty and my love: a popularity based on deceiving a country about its true interests would weigh heavily on my conscience and that is a burden that I do not want to bear.” PoliticsLeopold IiBelgiumLeopold Ii Of BelgiumMilitary SpendingFranco Prussian War Author:Leopold II
“We prefer freedom with poverty to wealth with tyranny.” BelgiumBrusselsRound Table Conference Author:Patrice Lumumba
“He is as uncontrollable and crabby as one can imagine. Not to be understood, because neither his mother nor his father is like that.” Leopold IiBelgiumLeopold I Author:Leopold I