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"The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind."

"We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather."

"To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind."

"Mankind have their local attachments. They have a particular regard for the spot, in which they were born and nurtured."

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."

"If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present."
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"No change in the balance of political parties can alter the general determination that no class should be excluded from contributing to and sharing responsibility for the state."

"As a confirmed individualist I certainly do not wish to underrate the influence of the individual, for the masses do not lead the individual; rather, in the individual is vested the capacity to lead the masses."

"The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally."

"I must begin by saying something about the old Germany. That Germany, too, suffered from superficial judgment, because appearances and reality were not always kept apart in people's minds."

"The concept of active cooperation has taken the place of opposition to the new form of government and of dreamy resignation entranced with the beauty of times past."

"Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him."

"Voices were heard from the United States of America which made it clear that America wanted a peaceful and united Europe as a basis for mutual cooperation."

"As a result of the World War, this old Germany collapsed. It collapsed in its constitution, in its social order, in its economic structure. Its thinking and feeling changed."

"Nothing is more misleading to the youth of a nation than to state the outcome immediately after the beginning as if nothing could have taken place in between."

"A people that has experienced all that the Germans have been through, naturally offers fertile soil for the extremists."
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