Nathan Price Quotes

Nathan Price

Quote 1

"American aid will be the Congo's salvation. You'll see!" (2.2.32)

American "aid" ends up being more like the Congo's damnation. Nathan, despite a world view so narrow you couldn't slide a sheet of paper through it sideways, might actually have his heart in the right place here. He thinks he really can help these people, whereas the American government just wants to take advantage of them. Slavery isn't slavery if it's happening in another country, right??

Nathan Price

Quote 2

"These people can't even read a simple slogan: Vote for Me. Down with Shapoopie! An election! Who out here would even know it happened?" (2.7.56)

So much wrong with this sentence. Perhaps we were wrong when we said Nathan's heart was in the right place. Here, he shows himself to be painfully ignorant and insensitive.

"Tata Ndu feels that bringing the Christian word to these people is leading them to corrupt ways." (2.3.21)

News flash: Not everyone thinks that Christianity is a shining beacon to a glorious new way of life. Especially when Nathan Price takes the "convert first, ask questions never" method.