German State

Famous quotes containing the words german and/or state:

    Seventeen hundred and fifty-five.
    Georgius Secundus was then alive,—
    Snuffy old drone from the German hive.
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    A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
    Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)