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If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans.
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Europe today is a powder keg and the leaders are like men smoking in an arsenal … A single spark will set off an explosion that will consume us all … I cannot tell you when that explosion will occur, but I can tell you where … Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans will set it off.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong, [it is] a geographical concept.
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Your map of Africa is all very fine, but my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia and here is France, and we are in the middle; that is my map of Africa.
On colonial policy
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Born:
April 1, 1815
Died:
July 30, 1898
(aged 83)
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