"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"

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

Hans Koning

#Kings Quotes #War Quotes #Class Quotes

“Whenever we do voter registration, we ask, 'Why haven't you voted before?' The response is often, 'No one's asked us.' It's not about telling people what to do - it's about sharing what they can do.”
“Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.”
“There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.”
“It's enough for a small betrayal, a distancing, an affirmation of independence to provoke wrath, fear and also hatred from the adult. How many husbands and boyfriends kill the woman they say they love because she has decided to leave. It's in the news every day.”

Source : "A ‘special’ writer. Dacia Maraini in interview". Interview with Vincenza Fanizza, www.threemonkeysonline.com.
“Young actors are pretty fantastic. I can't even imagine doing stuff like that when I was a kid.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is inconceivable that, in the richest nation in the world, we have 30 million people at risk of hunger. I believe that, if we truly make a commitment as a nation, we can defeat hunger.”
“Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.”
“I fall in love with human beings based on who they are, not based on what they do or what sex they are.”

Source : "'Divergent' Star Shailene Woodley: The Next Jennifer Lawrence?" by Tatiana Siegel, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 5, 2014.

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