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"Patriotism is the narcissism of countries."
"Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions."
"A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards."
"I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day."
"There is this common notion that young conservatives are the few, that most people had liberal worldviews when they were young. If this is true, then it is with great irony that a number of old liberals must never had progressed into conservatives as they grew older."
"Democracy, freedom and liberty do not make us more than what we are; it is our commitment that matters."
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"Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come."
"Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life."
"When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process."
"Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as much misery, disappointment, desperation and hopelessness as in Jewish writers who write in German."
"Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world."
"Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed."
"In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting."
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