In dealing with a race composed of cannibals for thousands of years, it is necessary to use methods which will best shape their idleness, and make th… - Leopold II of Belgium

You should purchase as much land as you will be able to obtain without losing one minute from all the chiefs from the mouth of the Congo to Stanley falls, I will send you more people and raw materials, and perhaps Chinese couriers.

You would remember that when I decided that the state would exploit its domain and that any vacant land would be claimed by it as its own, you found me absolutely absolute. You have nevertheless very vigorously and very skillfully supported me. For the Nile, I also ask you to follow my instructions faithfully. I will not lead you to the shipwreck, I promise you. For the time being, I want to be as powerful as possible on the Nile.

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.