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"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."
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"Well, we are very glad that Russia is so close with NATO."

"The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses."

"Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign."

"Democracy is not perfect. It is an imperfection that the majority choose to support."

"She's leaving when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it can only go down. And when it does, you know who they're going to blame. They're gonna blame Andy Card!"

"On the contrary. Internationalism also recognizes, by its very name, that nations do exist. It simply limits their scope more than one-sided nationalism does."

"The Clinton era is over. I think that there would even have been a certain amount of rejoicing among some Republicans if Gore had won or if Ralph Nader had won or if Satan had won."

"Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but it's quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves."

"I really think Canada should get over to Iraq as quickly as possible."
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"Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed."


"Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come."


"When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process."


"In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting."


"The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth."


"Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world."


"In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour."
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