"Belgium is modernizing itself and it gives me joy."
"But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices."
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Source: Belgium King Albert II Christmas Speech Sparks Controversy. www.bbc.com. December 27, 2012.
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