#german

The road passed through a curtain of pine forest and came out on a flat, rolling snow field. In this field the sprawled or bunched bodies of Germans lay thick, like some dark shapeless vegetable. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#came #curtain #dark #field #flat

I know thousands of German's who are totally different from me, so we're not alike, we're not the same. ↗

— Bernhard Langer

#different #german #i #know #me

Consider well this fact: As long as the German people does not arise and use force directed by its own will, the assassination of the people will continue. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

#assassination #consider #continue #directed #does

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case. ↗

— Brian Lumley

#brits #case #down #german #just

Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent. ↗

— Donella Meadows

#denmark #detailed #emissions #germany #greenhouse

I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#always #boost #coin #competitiveness #europe

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#central #cold #cold war #courage #decades

For a century after the reign of Frederick, Prussia remained the most prominent Germanic state in Europe. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#century #europe #frederick #germanic #most

Having achieved such signal successes in the east, Russia and Roumania being both disposed of, the German leaders planned a campaign designed to crush Italy. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#being #both #campaign #crush #designed

When has there ever been a government in German history that came to the people and revealed its detailed plans for the coming years? That could not happen before, since German governments planned war and conquest. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#before #came #coming #conquest #could