“For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German.”
In regard to Adolf Hitler's Kristallnacht (November 1938); as quoted in Our German Cousins: Anglo-German Relations in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1974) by John Mander, p. 219
1930s
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“German: I am the first living art museum”
Genco Gulan (1969) contemporary artist
Ich bin das erste lebende kunst museum. <br class="br">Arikonmaz, Piril Gulesci (2012-02-02) 'Ben bir müzeyim’ http://www.haberturk.com/yazarlar/piril-gulesci-arikonmaz/712691-ben-bir-muzeyim Haberturk (In Turkish). Retrieved 2012-06-01.
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Letter to Lucy Donnelly (23 June 1946)
1940s
“I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.”
Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) United States Army officer
As quoted in Caught Between the Dog and the Fireplug, or, How to Survive Public Service (2001) by Kenneth H. Ashworth, p. 11
“First delight, then instruct (original German: ).”
Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1794–1868) German art historian
From an 1828 proposal "On the Purpose of the Berlin Gallery" (
This quotation is occasionally attributed to Wilhelm von Humboldt, which appears to be erroneous; von Humboldt had quoted Schinkel and Waagen in a report.
“I twitch every time anyone mentions ‘Germanic’ culture.”
Guy Halsall (1964) English historian
Replying to @lhardingwrites, Halsall, Guy, 19 May 2019, Twitter, http://archive.is/Pvr6O, 27 January 2020, 1 February 2020 https://twitter.com/Real_HistoryGuy/status/1130126559413772289, <br class="br">Quotaes, Twitter (2019)
John Steinbeck (1902–1968) American writer
Journal entry (11 June 1938), published in Working Days : The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath, 1938-1941 (1990) edited by Robert DeMott
“My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I’m ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
