Quote#World
I had on the Congo under my orders three hundred men, English,…
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 had on the Congo under my orders three hundred men, English, Germans, Dutch, Portuguese, Belgians. I found no difference between them. All did their best according to their means. All were in the course of duty the object of some charge. I examined the charges minutely and always found them to be without foundation. That did not prevent these stories reaching Banana, and from there, Europe.
— Henry Morton Stanley
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