Quotations on Belgium

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Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.
- Ahmed Ben Bella
(Keywords: Idea, Belgium, Countries, Europe, France, Italy)

The Chancellor also in effect asks us to bargain away whatever obligation or interest we have as regards the neutrality of Belgium. We could not entertain that bargain either.
- Edward Grey
(Keywords: Bargain, Belgium, Effect, Interest, Neutrality, Obligation)

How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They said that they couldn't do it; it would destroy them. I said they had to do it. And I finally got support from Hoffman on it.
- W. Averell Harriman
(Keywords: Money, Belgium, Giving, Support)

Have we so soon forgotten those four years of terrible carnage, the greatest war of all time; forgotten the millions of men who gave their lives, who made the supreme sacrifice and who today, beneath the soil of France and Belgium, sleep the eternal sleep?
- Frank B. Kellogg
(Keywords: Men, War, Sacrifice, Time, Belgium, France, Sleep, Today, Years)

The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia.
- Kelly Miller
(Keywords: Success, Belgium, Measure, Russia)