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Greatness Quotes - Page 76

Thank the Lord, Germanic democracy means just this: that any old climber or moral slacker cannot rise by devious paths to govern his national comrades, but that, by the very greatness of the responsibility to be

Thank the Lord, Germanic democracy means just this: that any old climber or moral slacker cannot rise by devious paths to govern his national comrades, but that, by the very greatness of the responsibility to be assumed, incompetents and weaklings are frightened of.

Adolf Hitler
Mean, Responsibility, Greatness
Adolf Hitler (1998). “Mein Kampf”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness.

Adam Smith
Greatness, Ancient, Upstart
Adam Smith, Robert L. Heilbroner, Laurence J. Malone (1987). “The Essential Adam Smith”, p.296, W. W. Norton & Company

A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.

Abraham Joshua Heschel
Greatness, Men, Prophet
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1969). “The Prophets”

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