King Albert II quotes

“But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices.”
-- King Albert II

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“One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance.”
-- King Albert II

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“In these troubled times we live in, we should remain vigilant and see through populist arguments.”
-- King Albert II

Source : "Belgium King Albert II Christmas Speech Sparks Controversy". www.bbc.com. December 27, 2012.

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“Belgium is modernizing itself and it gives me joy.”
-- King Albert II

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“The crisis of the 1930s and the populist reactions of that time must not be forgotten.”
-- King Albert II

Source : "Belgium King Albert II Christmas Speech Sparks Controversy". www.bbc.com. December 27, 2012.

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“Baseball is about homecoming. It is a journey by theft and strength, guile and speed, out around first to the far island of second, where foes lurk in the reefs and the green sea suddenly grows deeper, then to turn sharply, skimming the shallows, making for a shore that will show a friendly face, a color, a familiar language and, at third, to proceed, no longer by paths indirect but straight, to home.”

Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1998). “A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti”, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

“Extremely large greens breed slovenly play. When any green ceases to command respect, it loses its value as a test of that rarest of all strokes, the shot home.”

“I don't know why we play better on the road. I really don't. Chalk it up to coincidence, I guess. I don't think we care where we play, which is a good thing. But you'd like to see our home record be a little better than it is.”

“The whole history of Israel, its ritual and its government, is explicable only as it is typical of the spiritual Israel, of the sacrifice on Calvary, of the precious blood which alone can wash away sin.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 69, 1895.

“Never forget that the most sacred right on this earth is mans right to have the earth to till with his own hands, the most sacred sacrifice the blood that a man sheds for this earth.”

“...we understand only the individual's capacity to make sacrifices for the community, for his fellow men.”

“I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.”

“The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.”

“Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.”

“The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.”