Konrad Adenauer Quotes

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

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

An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be swallowed.

Konrad Adenauer

One does not throw out dirty water as long as one doesn't have any clean water.

Konrad Adenauer

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. In an instant age, perhaps we must relearn the ancient truth that patience, too, has its victories.

Konrad Adenauer

I wish that an English statesman might once have spoken of us as Western Europeans.

Konrad Adenauer

How improvident of the Almighty to limit man's intelligence without limiting his stupidity.

Konrad Adenauer

We will never forget. If it takes us five or ten or twenty years, we will never rest until we get our revenge.

Konrad Adenauer

I reserve the right to be smarter today than I was yesterday.

Konrad Adenauer