#germany

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization. ↗

— George Orwell

#about #actual #cities #civilization #continuity

We're here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area, conducted the initial training for the attackers in training camps in Afghanistan before they moved on to Germany and then to U.S. flight schools. ↗

— David Petraeus

#again #al-qaeda #area #attackers #attacks

Mr. Chamberlain desires to avert the threat to England's peace by making England, in alliance with Germany, stronger than her rivals and so to force them to renounce their hostile intentions against her. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

#alliance #avert #chamberlain #desires #england

And so we went away to play, and we'd come back to Liverpool. And while we were doing this - 'cuz we did it for two years. And then we'd go to Germany, and that's where I met the Beatles. ↗

— Ringo Starr

#back #beatles #come #cuz #did

I think this could be our best victory over Germany since the war. ↗

— John Motson

#could #germany #i #i think #our

You're thinking of Eurpoe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#france #germany #i #i think #old

Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#dominance #favor #germany #integration #precisely

I am not the German Tony Blair. Nor am I the German Bill Clinton. I am Gerhard Schroeder, chancellor of Germany, responsible for Germany. I don't want to be a copy of anyone. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#anyone #bill #bill clinton #blair #chancellor

We are seeing significant growth in foreign investment in Germany. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#germany #growth #investment #seeing #significant

After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#bring #democracy #destroyed #first #germany