Konrad Adenauer Quotes

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

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.

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

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. In an instant age, perhaps we must relearn the ancient truth that patience, too, has its victories.

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

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

Experiences are the seeds out of which wisdom grows.

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

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

What do I care about my chitchat from yesterday?

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

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

Thoughts and pictures come to my mind... thoughts from before the year 1914 when there was real peace, quiet and security on this earth - a time when we didn't know fear... Security and quiet have disappeared from the lives of men since 1914.

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

As soon as you are complicated, you are ineffectual.

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

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

Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.

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

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

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

A thick hide is a gift from God.

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

Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat.