"The choice of Baron Lambermont, secretary general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, collaborator and intimate adviser to the King, consummate diplomat and world celebrity, was appropriate. It was to him that in 1874 the King had said: “I would like to do something in Africa; I've been thinking about this for a few days now and would like you to help me. Here are my first impressions, think about it. I know your talent and your sagacious and devoted mind; I know that the day you get down to it, I will be able to count on you. peaceful and humanitarianism is my only concern.""
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 6. Baron Auguste Lambermont (1819-1905), A key figure in the background of early Belgian colonialism The memoirs of one of Leopold II's wing adjutants at the time, Baron Lieutenant General Guillaume, clearly hint that King Leopold II explicitly asked Lambermont to help him during the colonial quest in Africa. GUILLAUME, C. “Intimate memories. How King Leopold in
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Auguste%2C_Baron_Lambermont
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Auguste, Baron Lambermont
François Auguste, Baron Lambermont (25 March 1819 in Dion-le-Val, Brabant 7 March 1905), was a Belgian statesman. Among other important conferences in which Lambermont took a leading part were those of Brussels (1874) on the usages of war, Berlin (1884–1885) on Africa and the Congo region, and Brussels (1890) of Central African affairs and the Arab slave trade and the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885.
21 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Auguste, Baron Lambermont →
Related Quotes
"The slave trade has another character; it is the very denial of every law, of all social order. Man-hunting constitut…"
"No doubt whatever exists as to the strict and literal sense which should be assigned to the term in commercial matter…"
"It is experience, which will then inspire the interested Powers with the most favourable resolutions for the developm…"
"Those who want to know my thoughts will always be able to do so: it will suffice for them to consult my work."
"It was no coincidence that dictated my choice. Peace was definitively signed, the country's political constitution in…"
"When Leopold had an idea in his head, it was impossible to make him quit."
"With regard to the industrial and commercial relations that China seeks to create in Europe, and the agents that it w…"
"Mistrust of the foreigner is still at the bottom of the minds of the Chinese. One way if not to destroy, at least to …"
"Feelings of humanity and commiseration erupt on their own when we deliberate with our feet in the blood."
"The ivory issue worries me more and more. I am not forgetting any of the considerations that Your Majesty has deigned…"