Regelmatig Frans Quotes & Sayings

In fact, this figure [five million "murdered" Gentiles] is too high if one is counting victims who were targeted exclusively for racial reasons, but too low if one counts the total number of victims the Nazi regime killed outside military operations.
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Wiesenthal's aggrandizement of his role in the Eichmann capture is far less disturbing and historiographically significant than another of his inventions. In an attempt to elicit non-Jewish interest in the Holocaust, Wiesenthal decided to broaden the population of victims - even though it meant falsifying history. He began to speak of eleven million victims: six million Jews and five million non-Jews. Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer immediately recognized that this number made no historical sense. Who, Bauer wondered, constituted Wiesenthal's five million.

--The Eichmann Trial, page 8 — Deborah E. Lipstadt

Young people recognize the big challenges that are coming up ... — Barack Obama

Dreamers are to be classified as weapons.
Ronan already knew he was a weapon ; but he was trying to make up for it. — Maggie Stiefvater

Think the unthinkable. Then do the unthinkable. — James Patterson

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done — John Maynard Keynes

It will be most pleasing to O[ur] L[ord] if you husband your strength in order to serve Him better. — Vincent De Paul

Personally, I do the best work with people I'm closest with. I know what their tastes are, and they are similar to mine. That close personal relationship is what delivers the best work. — Atticus Ross

I needed to learn how to redesign the route to my heart so someone else stood a chance in hell of navigating it. — Jessica Thompson

Trust life, trust that it will always guide you to the right thing, and be kind, be compassionate. — Frederick Lenz

Everything I do you are here to give me an assurance that I will succeed. What an awesome Father you are. — Euginia Herlihy

I want people to fall in love with my voice before my image. — Jessica Simpson

In a new plant for even established processes or products, there will probably be a shake-down period of six to eight weeks that will prove rather expensive. It takes this long to get the equipment adjusted to the required operating efficiency and to weed out the inevitable "bugs" that seem to occur in breaking in modern intricate machinery. — Philip A. Fisher