Santo Tomas was based on emigration and was therefore bound to fail, Belgians do not emigrate.

In the Far East, compulsory labor can work wonders, just like here... If only Belgium wanted to see that. This could create "inexhaustible resources and exploiting the soil and peoples of the Far East can only be brought to civilization and well-being in this way.

I will give them my Congo, but they have no right to know what i did there.

A People which is content with its homeland and which shreds at even the shadow of a conflict lacks the characteristics of a superior race.

There are no small countries, only small minds.

Nations that renounce ambition are nations with no future.

I undertook the Congo project in the interest of Civilization and for the good of Belgium.

Do I still need to tell you that I am not guided by selfish motives? No gentlemen, although Belgium is small, it is happy and content with its fate. I have no ambition other than to serve it. In this century, our civilized society imparts unprecedented values to barbarian communities in other parts of the world.

We must ensure that it is not too clear that the Association of Congo and the African Association are two different businesses. The public doesn't understand that. It will assume that there are two phases, the first of which is no longer relevant.