Belgium only does pure philanthropy. - Émile Banning

Wherever this regime has been applied in one form or another, it has led to economic stagnation and decline and political revolt.

The King is no longer the same; the change of character and spirit observed in him for two or three years is accentuated and makes fear of a catastrophe, at a time when he had only to let it go to be a remarkable King, perhaps to become a large figure.

The more we increase in numbers, the more we starve and become poorer. ... Either our population will shrink, or our territory will expand.