Famous quotes containing the words german and/or government:
“The French courage proceeds from vanitythe German from phlegmthe Turkish from fanaticism & opiumthe Spanish from pridethe English from coolnessthe Dutch from obstinacythe Russian from insensibilitybut the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“What is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?”
—James Madison (17511836)