“Our hopes of avoiding the fate which threatens must...[be to make]adjustments that will be needed if we are to recover and surpass our former standards...and only if every one of us is ready to individually obey the necessities of readjustment shall we be able to get through a difficult period as free men who can choose their own way of life. Let a uniform minimum be secured to everybody by all means; but let us admit at the same time that with this assurance of a basic minimum all claims for a privileged security for particular classes must lapse.” IfsMenWayMeanAbleDifficultClassFateSecurityParticularReadyNeededPeriodsStandardsClaimsFormerUniformsMinimumPrivilegedAvoidingAssuranceAdjustmentFree ManSecuredLapses Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“During this period Steen and Fox were killed trying a single-engine instrument approach at Moline. Then Campbell and Leatherman hit a ridge near Elko, Nevada. In both incidents the official verdict was 'pilot error,' but since their passengers, who were innocent of the controls, also failed to survive, it seemed that fate was the hunter. As it had been and would be.” TryingWould BeFatePeriodsApproachSafetyInstrumentsErrorsInnocentOfficialsAviationEnginesPilotsFoxesHuntersIncidentsPassengersVerdictRidgesNevada Author:Ernest K. Gann
“After a certain period of time, when I had acquired more insight into the Fuehrer's personality, I gave him my hand and said: "I unite my fate with yours for better or for worse: I dedicate myself to you in good times and in bad, even unto death." I really meant it-and still do.” SaidStillsHandsCertainFatePersonalityPeriodsInsightGood TimesReally Mean Author:Hermann Goring
“I'm a legend because I've survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate - I'm still paddling the goddamned boat myself.” LongStillsSeemsFateMastersPeriodsBoatLegendsSurvivedLong Periods Of TimePaddling Author:Katharine Hepburn
“It's important that the disparities in the living conditions cannot be allowed in this digital period to be too marked. Each and every one must be given an opportunity to participate, which is why Germany's fate in many ways depends on the firmness of its alliance with NATO, with the European Union.” WayImportantOpportunityGivenFateConditionsDependsPeriodsUnionsGermanyDigitalAlliancesEuropean UnionNatoDisparityFirmnessLiving Conditions Author:Angela Merkel