Germans/history

Famous quotes containing the words germans and/or history:

    “I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone to lead them in a direction which they do not want to go.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “A people without history
    Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern
    Of timeless moments.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)