Quote#Wisdom
I am certain that not one of the countries who are invited by the…
Quote byHenry Morton Stanley · 1841–1904
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Brief of Henry I. Kowalsky, of the New York bar, attorney and counsellor to Leopold II..
English (original)
I am certain that not one of the countries who are invited by the newspapers to put itself in its (Belgium's) place would have been able to do better.
— Henry Morton Stanley
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