quotations about Belgium
Belgium is a small nation containing people who call themselves--this is true--"Walloons." They are not ashamed of this at all. "I myself am a Walloon" is the kind of thing they say all the time. It's called "Walloon Pride."
DAVE BARRY
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The wealth of our country and our institutional system lies particularly in the fact that our diversity is strength. Whenever we find a balance between unity and diversity, the strength of Belgium is precisely to give meaning to our diversity.
PHILIPPE OF BELGIUM
"Divided Belgium has a new King Philippe", Telegraph, July 21, 2013
Belgium, where there occurred one of the rare appearances of the hero in history, was lifted above herself by the uncomplicated conscience of her King and, faced with the choice to acquiesce or resist, took less than three hours to make her decision, knowing it might be mortal.
BARBARA W. TUCHMAN
The Guns of August
Yeah, yeah
The blood in my veins was runnin' right through my brain
There was a cop with a gun
Who was runnin' around insane
Three fifty arrests
No bullet proof vest
Now ain't that a shame
We wanted to play
Play for the crowd
Law said no way
Cause you're on your way out
Bedlam in Belgium
AC/DC
"Bedlam in Belgium"
But Belgium isn't in the pot. She isn't a poker-chip. She is the spiritual symbol of the whole war. She is to be restored, guaranteed and indemnified before there can be any discussion of peace terms.
ARTHUR GLEASON
"Lest We Forget", The Delineator, January 1919
When you come to read, as of course some day you will, all the long and wonderful story of little Belgium, you will see that almost from the first it was too strong and independent to stay forever under the rule of any country. And you will understand, too, why even this last errible war hasn't been able to wipe it off the map of Europe. You will be sure that it is always going to stay there, for all the world to see and admire--a strong, sturdy, hard-working little sister among the other countries.
ALICE E. ALLEN
"Little Stories of Belgium", Primary Education, March 1919