Konrad Adenauer Quotes

A thick skin is a gift from God.

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

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

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

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

Experiences are the seeds out of which wisdom grows.

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

I do not ask to be young again; all I want is to go on getting older.

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

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

A thick hide is a gift from God.

Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.

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

The good Lord set definite limits on man's wisdom, but set no limits on his stupidity.

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

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

Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat.

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.

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

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

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

As soon as you are complicated, you are ineffectual.

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

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