“The highest triumph of Bismarckian politics carried its downfall and bankruptcy within it.”
Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826–1900) German socialist politician
No Compromise – No Political Trading (1899)
“From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
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Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States
1940s, Third Inaugural Address (1941)
Context: For action has been taken within the three-way framework of the Constitution of the United States. The coordinate branches of the Government continue freely to function. The Bill of Rights remains inviolate. The freedom of elections is wholly maintained. Prophets of the downfall of American democracy have seen their dire predictions come to naught.
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Doris Lessing (1919–2013) British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer
Denn zu einem großen Manne gehört beides: Kleinigkeiten als Kleinigkeiten, und wichtige Dinge als wichtige Dinge zu behandeln. <br class="br">Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Hamburgische Dramaturgie (1767 - 1769), Vierunddreißigstes Stück Den 25. August 1767 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10055/10055-8.txt <br class="br">Misattributed
“It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.”
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic
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Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States
Campaign Address on the Federal Budget at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (October 19, 1932), quoted in The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Volume 1, p. 809. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=ppotpus;cc=ppotpus;q1=I%20regard%20reduction%20in%20Federal%20spending;rgn=full%20text;idno=4925052.1928.001;didno=4925052.1928.001;view=image;seq=00000861 http://books.google.com/books?id=LD13AAAAMAAJ&q=%22I+regard+reduction+in+Federal+spending+as+one+of+the+most+important+issues+%22&dq=%22I+regard+reduction+in+Federal+spending+as+one+of+the+most+important+issues+%22&hl=en&ei=Zj0nTsuYAc3isQLHrKk7&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAjgU http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=88399#ixzz1LgbHf7LQ <br class="br">1930s <br class="br">Context: I regard reduction in Federal spending as one of the most important issues in this campaign. In my opinion it is the most direct and effective contribution that Government can make to business.
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