Guido Westerwelle quotes
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“The fact that someone didn't experience the war itself doesn't mean that he doesn't perceive its consequences.”
-- Guido WesterwelleSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“As foreign minister I cannot allow myself to be guided by emotions.”
-- Guido WesterwelleSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“I sometimes read that it's time for German democracy to finally grow up. I don't see it as a sign of maturity if we treat military missions as something normal.”
-- Guido WesterwelleSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“Military missions are not democratic development aid.”
-- Guido WesterwelleSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“Military missions cannot be a normal tool of politics, but instead must remain the great exception.”
-- Guido WesterwelleSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“As a minister, I would rather be criticized for thoroughly weighing the options, and sometimes even voicing my doubts, than to be reproached for recklessly sending German soldiers into combat.”
-- Guido WesterwelleSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“I was never a member of the peace movement or a pacifist, nor was I ever carried away from a demonstration outside a military barracks. Perhaps that's why I don't feel the need to compensate for anything.”
-- Guido WesterwelleSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“I'm completely opposed to the idea of becoming accustomed to foreign military campaigns.”
-- Guido WesterwelleSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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Source : A. J. Muste's statement of 1941, as quoted in Howard Zinn "A People's History" (p. 416), 1980, and later quoted in Howard Zinn "The Twentieth Century: A People's History" (p. 159), May 9, 1984.
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“Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.”
Source : A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1976). “Bhagavad-Gita as it is: Abridged edition with translations and elaborate purports”
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