Konrad Adenauer quotes

Born
5 January 1876 Cologne, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire.

Died
19 April 1967.

Occupation
Statesman.

Konrad Adenauer was a German statesman who served as the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1949 to 1963. 

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.
– Konrad Adenauer

All that the socialists understand about money is the fact that they want it from others.
– Konrad Adenauer

We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon.
– Konrad Adenauer

Experiences are the seeds out of which wisdom grows.
– Konrad Adenauer

A thick skin is a gift from God.
– Konrad Adenauer

The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.
– Konrad Adenauer

What do I care about my chitchat from yesterday?
– Konrad Adenauer

An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.
– Konrad Adenauer

I do not ask to be young again; all I want is to go on getting older.
– Konrad Adenauer

When the world seems large and complex, we need to remember that great world ideals all begin in some home neighborhood.
– Konrad Adenauer

First make yourself unpopular, then you will be taken seriously.
– Konrad Adenauer

All parts of the human body get tired eventually – except the tongue.
– Konrad Adenauer

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
– Konrad Adenauer

As soon as you are complicated, you are ineffectual.
– Konrad Adenauer

The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.
– Konrad Adenauer

To look back into the past only makes sense if it serves the future.
– Konrad Adenauer

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.
– Konrad Adenauer

Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.
– Konrad Adenauer

We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon. In an instant age, perhaps we must relearn the ancient truth that patience, too, has its victories.
– Konrad Adenauer

God designed the stomach to eject what is bad for it, but not the human brain.
– Konrad Adenauer

You have to take people as they are because there are no others.
– Konrad Adenauer

Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat.
– Konrad Adenauer

When everybody else thinks it’s the end, we have to begin.
– Konrad Adenauer