"Always tell the truth, even if it should make him jump out of his shoe."

"I thought about it carefully and I remained convinced that there is no place in Belgium that it could be more desirab…"

"His Majesty has long been imbued with the immense utility which would result for Belgium from the possession of some …"

"There is no longer a single government that colonizes. There is only individual colonization."

"My dear Mr. Banning, I am returning the 2nd sheet to you. I find this of extreme interest. You would have to read man…"

"He was not the result of an eminent virtue: a small dose of male selfishness, coupled with a certain contempt or rath…"

"No one knows if Leopold I made Van Praet, or if Van Praet made Leopold I."

"Van Praet and Devaux were not concerned with the Congo. They both expressed a desire to be kept out of the "African a…"

"A man of struggle and controversy, discussed and often vilified by the small press, I have always been an embarrassme…"

"My husband is already suffering because of the fate that befell him. We are asking for no special treatment from the …"