Talk:Leopold II of Belgium

Quotations not bulleted, no distinction between sourced/attributed, no adequate introduction ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 16:19, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

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• "La musique est un bruit qui coûte cher."
  • Translation: Music is an expensive noise.

• "Petit pays, petit esprit."
  • Translation: Small country, small minds.
  • Commenting on the unwillingness of the parliament and people of Belgium to engage in colonial adventures.

Adam Hochschild, writer of the famous book 'Leopold's ghost', quotes Petit pays, petit esprit. as one of Leopolds famous quotes, in this video: https://youtu. be/rLyZGTwmcRA?t=339 i dont know if that is enough source? KingBaudoin (talk) 00:14, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Belgium needs a Colony

I earlier shared a quote on this page from the book "Zaïre, Ketens van Koper (translated: Zaire, Chains of Copper) the same book has another Quote on the same page, Leopolds is quoted saying "Belgium needs a Colony" it just says that leopold said this when he was 26 years old, but it gives no further context, of where, why and how he said it, so i decieded not to put it on the page, but if in case someone knows anything more about this, please share, thanks. KingBaudoin (talk) 00:13, 14 April 2021 (UTC)