Konrad Adenauer Quotes

Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.

When everybody else thinks it's the end, we have to begin.

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.

The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.

An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

A thick skin is a gift from God.

A thick hide is a gift from God.

There are things about which I don't even talk to myself.

All that the socialists understand about money is the fact that they want it from others.

The attack on Dresden, which was overflowing with refugees, on February 13th 1945 caused around 250,000 dead.

The Good Lord hasn't done this well: He placed limits on everything, except on stupidity.

God designed the stomach to eject what is bad for it, but not the human brain.

When the world seems large and complex, we need to remember that great world ideals all begin in some home neighborhood.

All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue.

All human organs eventually tire, only the tongue doesn't.

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

As soon as you are complicated, you are ineffectual.

You have to take people as they are because there are no others.

First make yourself unpopular, then you will be taken seriously.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

Experiences are the seeds out of which wisdom grows.

Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat.

To look back into the past only makes sense if it serves the future.

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.