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| | Quotes from yesterday and today: Comments and perspectives to ponder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19) |
 | | Bismarck, Otto von, German Chancellor, on xenophilia: "The tendency to enthuse about foreign nationalities and national endeavors, even if these can only be realized at the expense of one's own Fatherland, is a political illness which unfortunately is geographically restricted to Germany." As quoted in: Dr. Max Wahl, Notizen, (22) March 24, 2000. |
 | | Brentano, Heinrich von, German statesman (1904-1964): "We Germans should learn to take the truth even when it is in our favor." |
 | | Caesar, Gaius Julius, Roman general and statesman (100?-44 B.C.): "Beware of the leader who beats the drums of war in order to whip the citizens into a patriotic frenzy, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. |
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