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Konrad Adenauer

German jurist and manager

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Notable quotes

“We will never forget. If it takes us five or ten or twenty years, we will never rest until we get our revenge.”
— As quoted by General Sir Charles Fergusson in a memorandum (10 July 1945), recalling conversations with Adenauer in 1918-1919, at the end of World War I. As published in Adenauer : The Father of the New Germany (2000) by Charles Williams, p. 293 books.google
“European integration should not be rigid but as flexible as we can possibly make it. It should not be a straitjacket for the peoples of Europe but should be their common mainstay, a common support for the healthy, individual development of each of them.”
— Address on continuing European integration at the Grandes Conférences Catholiques (25 September 1956)
“In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that he did not also limit his stupidity.”
— As quoted in A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House (1965) by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., p. 291 books.google
“An unsteady nation has no friends. The German people seriously worry me. The only thing I can say for them is that they have lived through too much. They have not found peace of mind and stability since the war of 1914-18.”
— As quoted in "Adenauer 1876-1967" (28 April 1967) by James Bell, Life, Vol. 62, No. 17
“What do I care about my nonsense from yesterday?”
— As quoted in Discussion : Mastering the Skills of Moderation (2009) by Horst Hanisch, p. 91
“History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.”
— Lend Me Your Ears: Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations (2010), 4th edition, edited by Antony Jay

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