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There is nothing false or arrogant about German pride in German technical and business skills.

My most profound confidence is however based upon the fact that at the head of Germany there stands a man by his entire development, his desires, and striving can only have been destined by fate to lead our people into a brighter future.

A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.

People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.

Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him.

It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.

We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven.

I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone to lead them in a direction which they do not want to go.