Petrus Josef Sietse "Piet" de Jong foi um ex-primeiro-ministro dos Países Baixos, tendo ocupado o cargo entre 1967 e 1971. De Jong foi o mais longevo ex-primeiro-ministro neerlandês, com 101 anos de idade. Wikipedia
“As far as I know, pornography is the only working medicine against seasickness.”
In response to a delicate question of a radio reporter, when asked what his thoughts on pornography were.
P.J.S. (Piet) de Jong http://www.parlement.com/9291000/biof/00652 (Parlement & Politiek)
When a tv interviewer told him he was pretty lucky for surviving World War II in a submarine.
Piet de Jong http://profiel.kro.nl/seizoenen/2011/afleveringen/23-03-2011/ (KRO)
“Well, the Belgians aren't a seafaring people, are they?”
In a reaction when a Belgian minister spoke negatively about the libertarian ideas of the Dutch on pornography, following the above quotation.
P.J.S. (Piet) de Jong http://www.parlement.com/9291000/biof/00652 (Parlement & Politiek)
“Majesty, there you see a how a person comes down in the world.”
When he was sworn in as State Secretary, he told Queen Juliana, for whom he had served as aide-de-camp.
P.J.S. (Piet) de Jong http://www.parlement.com/9291000/biof/00652 (Parlement & Politiek)