"German dominance in the EU is a fact of life. But for historical reasons, it would be the last country to be swept away by a populist wave. And one thing is certain: If Germany goes down, Europe goes down, and with it all the values which we thought are worth living for. Germany has to be the champion of these values."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Anthony Glees

#Country Quotes #Champion Quotes #Historical Quotes

“I want to be aware of how I treat others, not thinking too highly of myself to be a servant in a culture which tries to place me on a throne that only God should sit.”
“I have tried to show as clearly as possible that the very characteristics and weaknesses of temperament with which we were born...can be transformed into their exact opposites and can therefore produce in us the loveliest of all qualities.”

Source : Hannah Hurnard (2012). “Mountains of Spices”, p.258, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more. But while the loitering idler waits. Good luck beside his fire, The bold heart storms at fortune's gates, And conquers its desire.”
“The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.”
“If youâ€™ve managed to do one good thing, the ocean doesnâ€™t care. But when Newtonâ€™s apple fell toward the earth, the earth, ever so slightly, fell toward the apple as well.”
“Evil, unchecked, is the prelude to genocide. - Anonymous”
“I'm playing; I'm here. I'm going to fight until they tell me they don't want me anymore.”

Source : "Steve Nash Still With the Suns ... for Now" by Sam Amick, www.sfgate.com. January 4, 2011.
“Middle-class societies don't emerge automatically as an economy matures, they have to be CREATED through political action.”

Source : Paul Krugman (2015). “The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming America From The Right”, p.25, Penguin UK

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