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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#age #brings #distrust #doctrine #familiar

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#always #assume #before #fool #man

Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#dollars #hundred #husband #income #least

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#every #every man #free #giving #good

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#atlantic ocean #backward #crab #crawling #ever

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#another #any #beings #bore #capacity

Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably not be able to stand here before you today. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#america #before #here #i #me

The people in East Germany have lived through so many changes in the last 15 years like never before in the country, and they did this often with great enthusiasm. But in the West we also have a high degree of transformations. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#before #changes #country #degree #did

The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#asking #change #changes #core #course

Thus, the focus on this main political goal must become more visible in EU politics and to achieve this, we need a political impulse. It must be clear what the priorities on the agenda are. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#agenda #become #clear #eu #focus