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"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."
"The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth."
"Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral."
"Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world."
"In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting."
"Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed."
"Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life."
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"The most dangerous thing to the USA population is not North Korea, it is the USA government."
"Politicians look for interests not people."
"Not to dampen any parade, but if one asks if there is a single thing about Mr. Obama's Senate record, or state legislature record, or current program, that could possibly justify his claim to the presidency one gets ... what? Not much. Similarly lightweight unqualified 'white' candidates have overcome this objection, to be sure, but what kind of standard is that?"
"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."
"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."
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