Dutch Colonialism Quotes

“What The Hague is doing right now in Sint-Maarten and Sint-Eustatius, namely intervene in parts of the administration. The black nationalist leaders cried murder over this Dutch ‘neo-colonialism’, but the people seem content.”
― Bruce Gilley

“The whole of Java is immediately subject to the Netherlands. There is no question of tribute, or levy, or alliance. The Javanese is a Dutch subject. The King of the Netherlands is his king. The descendants of his former princes and lords are Dutch officials. They are appointed, transferred, promoted, dismissed by the Governor-General, who rules in the name of the King. The criminal is convicted and sentences under a law made in The Hague. The taxes the Javanese pays flow into the Exchequer of the Netherlands.”
― Multatuli, Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

“This form of hereditary privilege started as a favour, soon became a custom, and finally a necessity; but it never became law.”
― Multatuli, Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company