Hans Koning quotes
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“Nothing is uncontroversial anymore, and very little is innocent.”
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“For all the gold and silver stolen and shipped to Spain did not make the Spanish people richer. It gave their kings an edge in the balance of power for a time, a chance to hire more mercenary soldiers for their wars. They ended up losing those wars anyway, and all that was left was a deadly inflation, a starving population, the rich richer, the poor poorer, and a ruined peasant class”
-- Hans KoningSource : Hans Koning (1992). “Columbus: His Enterprise: Exploding the Myth”, p.118, NYU Press
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“War is always a professional enterprise; despair is left to amateurs.”
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“Agitation and commitment are dangerous for the peace of humanity, and the only thing which is even more dangerous is their absence.”
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“The Queen Elizabeth II provides vast amounts of entertainment for an age that has forgotten how to amuse itself unaided.”
-- Hans Koning
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“If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.”
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“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.”
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Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.
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“I rarely drink from the bottle, but I'll smoke a little weed,”
Source : Song: Country Boy, Album: Town Line, 2011
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