“The snail's pace is the normal pace of any democracy.”
Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) Chancellor of West Germany 1974-1982
DIE ZEIT, 19. Oktober 2003, zeit.de http://www.zeit.de/politik/Interview_031030
“Sensing the approaching danger, the snail flees. But in a world of snail paces, the conch is something of a Ferrari. It calls for desperate measures. Exhausted by the effort of its last-ditch attempt, the tulip snail is slowly... gunned... down.”
"Tidal Seas"
Blue Planet (2001)
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