German Nationality

Famous quotes containing the words german and/or nationality:

“The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)