What I wanted was simple: to preserve what existed.

Italy is a geographical expression.

When Paris catches cold, all Europe sneezes.

History is the true school of politics.

If heaven had granted me five more years, I could have become a real painter.

-- Katsushika Hokusai

I used to measure the heavens, now I measure the shadows of Earth.

-- Johannes Kepler

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

-- Mahatma Gandhi

It is impossible to govern the universe without God and the Bible.

-- George Washington

What do I care about my chatter from yesterday?

-- Konrad Adenauer

We are all in the same boat.

-- Konrad Adenauer