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I think I'm reasonably well informed about world affairs -- I know who Gordon Brown is, for example -- and I don't have any real idea of what he's like. I imagine that's the case for well over 90% of Americans; even if they know who he is, they don't have any opinion of him.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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