Hans Koning quotes

Hans Koning quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Nothing is uncontroversial anymore, and very little is innocent.”
-- Hans Koning

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“This is a tragic world we live in.”
-- Hans Koning

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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 Koning

Source : 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.”
-- Hans Koning

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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.”
-- Hans Koning

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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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