"You may want to, Sire, but then you will find someone other than me to carry out such a will."

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People from BrusselsWhite supremacistsMonarchs from BelgiumCatholics from BelgiumCongo Free State
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All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), Emile Banning (1836-1898): The Don Quichotte of the ‘liberal civilization’ in Congo Banning had a final private meeting with the king, which, according to the anecdotal press, culminated in this bitter altercation. WALRAET, M. Emile Banning. Un grand Belge, 54.