Politics Quote by Miklós Bánffy

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“...for a man is a Herdentier - an animal that always follows the herd, a gregarious animal - and quickly follow's its neighbour example.”

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“With human beings the urge to make peace takes some time to germinate, while Homo Sapiens is always ready to hate.”

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“Artificially to incite hatred is not only supererogatory in politics and foreign relations, it is also positively harmful.”

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“A man's character is only formed after the impressions of childhood and early youth have become blended with the indefinable and hidden influences both…

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“Terrible is the situation of a small country that stands alone.”

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“Propaganda, if too raucous, will always prove counterproductive. The damage arises because in peacetime the nation that never stops menacing others and shouting grievances…

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“The public can never know all the facts, ands public opinion is always swayed by passion, never by reason and the best interests of…

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“...if one is to confer successfully with foreigners, it is essential to know their ways of thinking and be able to put oneself in…

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“Since then many years have passed, and in those years I have often thought how strange are the ways of Fate. Set on one's…

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“Such apparently illogical actions are almost never inspired by a single motive. They spring from an unknown number of threads, perhaps thousands of them,…

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“Great nations, and even medium-sized ones, can always seek revision of frontiers by normal diplomatic means - if the political climate is favourable. No…

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“In the great world outside Hungary events were taking place that would change all their lives: the uprising in Russia, the dispute over Crete,…

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