"Let us assume that the ideal were reached; let us imagine a state of international life in which the danger of war no longer exists. Then no one would dare to demand a penny for obviously completely superfluous armaments."

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Ludwig Quidde

#War Quotes #Demand Quotes #Pennies Quotes

“The Jew has his anchorage not in place but in time, in his highly developed sense of history as personal context. Six thousand years of self-awareness are a homeland.”

Source : George Steiner (1987). “George Steiner: A Reader”, p.231, Oxford University Press on Demand
“Now, each of us has his own special gift And you know this was meant to be true. And if you don't underestimate me I won't underestimate you.”
“To me, wrestling is therapy. No matter how bad my personal situation is, when I step into the ring, all my troubles disappear. My baggage stays in the back where it belongs.”
“I dislike PASSION FLOWER HOTEL so much I wish I had the money to buy it up and burn it.”
“The marvels - of film, radio, and television - are marvels of one-way communication, which is not communication at all.”
“The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers.”
“I became a big Kings fan, and then later on my hometown of Ottawa got a team, so then I was very, very torn. I just love both of those teams very much.”
“Sh!t. F_ck sh!t.'.... 'Sh!t f_ck would have also been accepted.”

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