Petrus, Päpste, Präsidenten
Von Petrus bis Franziskus, von George Washington bis Donald Trump - Päpste und Präsidenten aus zwei Jahrtausenden
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John Adams
The fundamental article of my political creed is that despotism, or unlimited sovereignty, or absolute power, is the same in a majority of a popular assembly, an aristocratic council, an oligarchical junto, and a single emperor.
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John Adams
Liberty, according to my metaphysics . . . is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
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John Adams
Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
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John Adams
While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.
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John Adams
I must avow to your majesty (King George III) I have no attachment but to my own country.
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John Adams
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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John Adams
Das Gück der Gesellschaft ist der Zweck der Regierung.
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John Quincy Adams
Fiat justitia, pereat coelum [Let justice be done, though heaven fall]. My toast would be, may our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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John Quincy Adams
Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!
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John Quincy Adams
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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John Quincy Adams
The extremes of opulence and of want are more remarkable, and in more constantly obvious, in [Great Britain] than in any other place that I ever saw.
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John Quincy Adams
All great changes are irksome to the human mind, especially those which are attended with great dangers and uncertain effects.
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John Quincy Adams
Among the sentiments of most powerful operation upon the human heart, and most highly honorable to the human character, are those of veneration for our forefathers and of love for our posterity.
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John Quincy Adams
Always vote for a principle, though you vote alone, and you may cherish the sweet reflection that your vote is never lost.
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John Quincy Adams
Despotism or unlimited sovereignty is the same in a majority of a popular assembly, an aristocratic council, an oligarchical junta, and a single emperor.
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Dr. Wolfgang Brandstetter
Kein Kavalier macht sexuelle Belästigung. Also kann es kein Kavaliersdelikt sein.
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George Herbert Walker Bush
I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.
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George Herbert Walker Bush
Wenn ein Frosch Flügel hätte, würde er seinen Schwanz nicht auf den Boden schlagen.
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George Herbert Walker Bush
Ich habe eigene Meinungen, feste Meinungen, aber ich stimme nicht immer mit ihnen überein.
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George Herbert Walker Bush
Dem Frieden eine Chance zu geben bedeutet nicht, den Frieden aufs Spiel zu setzen.
