"Hitler had a plausible case to argue when he claimed that the Anschluss was only the application of the Wilsonian principle of self-determination."

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Source : Alan Bullock (1964). “Hitler, a study in tyranny”, Harpercollins College Div

Alan Bullock

#Determination Quotes #Self Quotes #Principles Quotes

“In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to disciplne a child is still a mystery to most fathers and...mothers Only your grandmother and Genghis Khan know how to do it.”
“The longing for happiness and freedom from suffering expresses the great natural potential of mind.”
“I think that few people are aware how early it is right to respect the modesty of an infant.”
“It is a wry commentary on the value-system in the United States that one speaks there of "teacher training" and "driver education."”
“If wishes were stories, beggars would read...”
“He who loves not lives not.”
“The most common objection to changes in public policy which would increase a user's control of housing at the expense of centralized institutions is that standards would be lowered as a result. The standards the objectors have in mind, however, are not something that cam be achieved with available resources, but, rather, represent the objector's own notion of what housing ought to be.”
“Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.”

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