The Congo was the most difficult shoot of my life but was also maybe the greatest adventure of my life. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Poor Congo, barefoot bride of men who took her jewels and promised the Kingdom. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“The negro workers are still unaware of the force that can give them union organization; happy industrialists.” — King Albert I of Belgium Copy Share Image
I cannot forget the place that I come from. The Congo is much in need. — Dikembe Mutombo Copy Share Image
I'd really like to go down the Amazon in some capacity. I've spent time in the Congo, so I love the jungle. — Sean Pertwee Copy Share Image
“I'm not interested in whether I'm better than you; only whether I'm better than yesterday.” — Mike Ormsby Copy Share Image
Electronics companies are purchasing the minerals that come out of the Eastern Congo, and they are illicit; they're dirty. — Robin Wright Copy Share Image
“He and his supporters never doubted that if only Britain were to act, it could force Leopold to mend his ways or… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
“I don't know how to stop the atrocities. I don't know how to make people care. But looking into my sister's eyes,… — Lisa Shannon Copy Share Image
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, believed to have one of the highest rates of sexual violence in the world, girls… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
The Congo is really beautiful. People correct me and say, "Oh, you mean the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Well, fine. But,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been… — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
I'm glad that it didn't take as long to get Shepard off the ground as it's taken this series. I'd begun to… — Audie Murphy Copy Share Image
“I also do not begrudge Hochschild his millions, although, unlike him, I have untold praise for the capitalist system that produced them… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“The country is like a great sponge—it finally absorbs you. Eventually you will get malaria or you will get dysentery and whatever… — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
Neo-Hoodoo is the 8 basic dances of 19th century New Orleans' Place Congo- the Calinda the Bamboula the Chacta the Babouille the… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
“the normal laws of development are inverted here in the Congo. The forest, not the town, offers the safest sanctuary and it… — Tim Butcher Copy Share Image
When people accuse us of taking coltan from Congo, I don't understand what they mean. The quality of our own coltan here… — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
“On another point: King Leopold’s Ghost reproduces some of the photographs of Congo atrocities that fueled the worldwide protests against Leopold’s rule… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
I was not very strong growing up, and my uncle used to look at me, like, 'This kid is not growing up,… — Dikembe Mutombo Copy Share Image
I certainly think that many of the themes, and many of the ways that I wrote about Congo, will continue to live… — Anjan Sundaram Copy Share Image
“As to the efficacy of the policy recommended by Rostow, it speaks for itself: no country, once underdeveloped, ever managed to develop… — André Gunder Frank Copy Share Image
“As I wrote, despite the malicious craft practiced by Hochschild and others, I am glad that an extensive documentary record of the… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“I wish that Hochschild would come clean on the litany of other errors I catalogue in my essay: Conrad could not have… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“I am glad that Hochschild admits that the photographs in his book are fake. Still, to his point, I do not doubt… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
The first victim in journalism today is proximity. I know I've used that word a lot. Because of foreign budgets, newspapers have… — Anjan Sundaram Copy Share Image
My last point about getting started as a writer: do something first, good or bad, successful or not, and write it up… — Jeffery Taylor Copy Share Image
“Stanley must have realized that this postponement would probably be fatal. But while he did not give up, he never for a… — Tim Jeal Copy Share Image
“In little more than a generation, the Belgian king’s yearning for empire and fortune may have killed ten million people in the… — Howard W. French Copy Share Image
“Much is at stake. In giving Hochschild its Theodore Roosevelt-Woodrow Wilson Award in 2008, the American Historical Association claimed that King Leopold’s… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
Even in Congo, where conflicts are happening, people have births, weddings, deaths, and celebrations. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
If you are lying in a tent in the Congo jungle, you don't want to be reading about rainforest biology. You want… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
It's something powerful to receive all this love. In the street. In Congo, everywhere. But it's also hellish at the same time.… — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Copy Share Image
I go to play for Congo now and it's a reality check. You see how it is for some people and you… — Yannick Bolasie Copy Share Image
The Congo is very wealthy from oil money but is not paying its debts and at the same time is applying for… — Paul Singer Copy Share Image
After the sale of Celtel, I really wanted to give the money back, and I had a number of choices - to… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to… — Siddharth Kara Copy Share Image
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