“One thing I will say about the Germans, they are always perfectly willing to give somebody's land to somebody else” InspirationalGivingOne ThingLandWillingGermanyInsulting Author:Will Rogers
“The integration of Europe was very much led by a Germany that was always willing to pay a little bit extra to reach a compromise that everybody accepted, because Germany was so eager to get European support for reunification. That was called the "farsighted vision," which created the European Union.” LittlesBitsPayVisionSupportWillingLittle BitEuropeUnionsAcceptedCompromiseExtrasGermanyIntegrationEuropean UnionReunification Author:George Soros
“What works for Sweden wouldn't work for France or Germany or Italy. In a small state, you can reach outside for many of your activities. In a homogeneous culture, they are willing to pay higher taxes in order to achieve commonly held goals. But "common goals" are much harder to come by in larger, more heterogeneous populations.” StatesOrderCultureGoalCommonPayAchieveWillingHigherActivityTaxesHarderPopulationFranceGermanyReach OutSwedenCommon GoalHomogeneous Author:Milton Friedman
“If you move here from somewhere else, I often think if I move to Germany, for example, or if I move China and I go worship there I will understand and I'll be willing to give up a lot of my culture because I'm in somebody else's homeland. So I'm going to have to act German or Chinese, whatever that might mean.” IfsThinkingGivingMeanMightMovingCultureExampleWillingGiving UpWorshipChinaChineseGermanySomewhere ElseHomeland Author:Michael Emerson
“If someone is willing to reconsider the results of World War II, let us discuss this. But then we will have to discuss not only Kaliningrad, but also the eastern lands of Germany, the city of Lvov, a former part of Poland, and so on, and so forth. There are also Hungary and Romania on the list.” IfsWorldWarResultsCitiesLandWillingListsFormerWar Of The WorldsGermanyWorld War IiWorld War IEasternPolandHungaryRomania Author:Vladimir Putin
“If, on our own account, we do not intend to wage war, we are much less willing to do so for interests which do not concern Germany and are alien to it.” IfsWarInterestWillingConcernAccountsAliensGermany Author:Adolf Hitler
“I don't know what specific frontiers Germany could adopt for her purposes, but I think that those willing "to lend" a frontier to her can be found.” ThinkingKnowsPurposeFoundWillingGermanyFrontiers Author:Joseph Stalin
“I think I knew how frightened people were [when Donald Trump was elected], and I think I knew that people were worried about their future. I don't think I realized that they would be willing to risk kind of a 1920s Germany in order to blow it all up, not realizing that we've accomplished a lot as Americans, and we want to keep the good things and revolutionize the new things.” PeopleThinkingWantKindWould BeOrderRealizingRiskWillingTrumpGood ThingsBlowI RealizedWorriedGermanyAccomplishedFrightenedNew Things Author:Reid Hoffman