German Civil Law

Famous quotes containing the words german, civil and/or law:

    “Should the German people lay down their arms, the Soviets ... would occupy all eastern and south-eastern Europe together with the greater part of the Reich. Over all this territory, which with the Soviet Union included, would be of enormous extent, an iron curtain would at once descend.”
    —Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945)

    “When civil fury first grew high,
    And men fell out, they knew not why;
    When hard words, jealousies, and fears,
    Set folks together by the ears,
    And made them fight, like mad or drunk,
    For Dame Religion, as for punk;”
    —Samuel Butler (1612–1680)

    “Concord’s little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)