History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoided. – Konrad Adenauer
The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. – Konrad Adenauer
History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoided. – Konrad Adenauer
The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. – Konrad Adenauer
The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. – Konrad Adenauer
In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity. – Konrad Adenauer
One of the deepest impulses in man is the impulse to record, – to scratch a drawing on a tusk or keep a diary, to collect sagas and heap cairns. This instinct as to the enduring value of the past is, one might say, the very basis of civilization. – John Jay Chapman, Memories and Milestones