Famous quotes containing the words carl friedrich, carl, middle and/or years:
“The freedom to share one’s insights and judgments verbally or in writing is, just like the freedom to think, a holy and inalienable right of humanity that, as a universal human right, is above all the rights of princes.”
—Carl Friedrich Bahrdt (1740–1792)
“The millere was a stout carl for the nones;”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“There’s no telling what might have happened to our defense budget if Saddam Hussein hadn’t invaded Kuwait that August and set everyone gearing up for World War II½. Can we count on Saddam Hussein to come along every year and resolve our defense-policy debates? Given the history of the Middle East, it’s possible.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)
“In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.”
—James Reston (b. 1909)