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“He and his supporters never doubted that if only Britain were to act, it could force Leopold to mend his ways or could wrest…

— Adam Hochschild

“Thousands of refugees who had fled across the Congo River to escape Leopold’s regime eventually fled back to escape the French. The”

— Adam Hochschild

“those who made the greatest fortunes from the Scramble for Africa, like Leopold, were often men who had fortunes to begin with.”

— Adam Hochschild

“Keep your head down, think small, look after yourself: these constituted the lessons of Leopold. The spirit, once comprehensively crushed, does not recover easily.…

— Michela Wrong

“This would mean, according to the estimates, that during the Leopold period and its immediate aftermath the population of the territory dropped by approximately…

— Adam Hochschild

“By the time we began to understand enough about what the world to ask the right questions, our visit is over, and someone else…

— d.k. LeVick

“The old man might have been drunk, but he was right. Outsiders have robbed and exploited the people of the Congo ever since the…

— Tim Butcher

“Sometimes we don't know where we are going until we get there.”

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“When, in February 1885, at the Berlin Conference that not a single Congolese attended, the fourteen participating powers, headed by Great Britain, the United…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“The air is a question and those who travel upon it travel in questions. When will I find what? Where is who?”

— Amy Leach

“What’s going on” she asked. “You been in on it the whole time, Roc, you know what’s going on,” he answered.”

— Kristen Ashley

“THE MINUTE WE BEGIN TO THINK WE HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, WE FORGET THE QUESTIONS. Madeleine L’Engle”

— Michael Bungay Stanier