Quote#Wisdom
I was filled with determination, to do my best to expose and destroy…
Quote byE. D. Morel · 1873–1924
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: King Leopold's ghost. History of the CRA, 1904, FF..
English (original)
I was filled with determination, to do my best to expose and destroy what i then knew to be a legalized infamy, responsible for a vast destruction of human life.
— E. D. Morel
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