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Konrad Adenauer

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


— Konrad Adenauer


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


— Konrad Adenauer


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


— Konrad Adenauer


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A thick skin is a gift from God.


— Konrad Adenauer


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


— Konrad Adenauer


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


— Konrad Adenauer


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Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.


— Konrad Adenauer


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Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat.


— Konrad Adenauer


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


— Konrad Adenauer


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About Konrad Adenauer

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Adenauer by then understood that "all opportunity for initiative had passed out of his hands" and the matter was put to rest by the Allies. Along with his Minister for Economic Affairs and successor Ludwig Erhard the West German model of a "social market economy" (a mixed economy with capitalism moderated by elements of social welfare and Catholic social teaching) allowed for the boom period known as the Wirtschaftswunder ("economic miracle") that produced broad prosperity. Leader in Cologne

As a devout Catholic he joined the Centre Party in 1906 and was elected to Cologne's city council in the same year.

The 1968–1969 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour. He was the first leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a coalition of Catholics and Protestants that under his leadership became and has since remained the most dominant in the country.

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