Quote by Konrad Adenauer
History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. -

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. – Konrad Adenauer

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The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. – Konrad Adenauer

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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

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The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice their choice! – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce

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History is not a pattern-book of fossilized ideologies. – Frederick Maurice Powicke, Three Lectures

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If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each mans life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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