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Hans Koning Quotes:

Hans Koning quotes

Ocupation: Author

Life: July 12, 1921 - April 13, 2007

Birthday: July 12

Death: April 13

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Nothing is uncontroversial anymore, and very little is innocent.

Topics: Life, Littles, Innocent

quote for all the gold and silver stolen and shipped to spain did not make the spanish people hans koning Quotes

This is a tragic world we live in.

Topics: Life, World, Tragic

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

source: - Hans Koning (1992). “Columbus: His Enterprise: Exploding the Myth”, p.118, NYU Press

Topics: Kings, War, Class

War is always a professional enterprise; despair is left to amateurs.

Topics: War, Despair, Enterprise

Agitation and commitment are dangerous for the peace of humanity, and the only thing which is even more dangerous is their absence.

Topics: Commitment, Humanity, Agitation

The Queen Elizabeth II provides vast amounts of entertainment for an age that has forgotten how to amuse itself unaided.

Topics: Queens, Age, Entertainment, Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth Ii

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