"If I had them by the throat! (Hastily kisses the crucifix, and mumbles). In these twenty years I have spent millions to keep the press of the two hemispheres quiet, and still these leaks keep on occurring. I have spent other millions on religion and art, and what do I get for it? Nothing. Not a compliment. These generosities are studiedly ignored, in print, In print I get nothing but slanders – and slanders again – and still slanders, and slanders on top of slanders. Grant them true, what of it? They are slanders all the same when uttered against a king."
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Mark Twain, in King Leopold's Soliloquy, LeftWord Books, 1970, p. 16
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