Borgen quotations

Question 1

“A Prince should have no other aim or thought but war, and its organisation and discipline” (1)

Answer 1

Niccolò Machiavelli

Question 2

The Prince knows that it is far safer to be feared than loved

Answer 2

Nicollo Machievelli

Question 3

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others (3)

Answer 3

Winston Churchill

Question 4

Denying the existence of a ghost will only make it bigger (4)

Answer 4

Greenland proverb

Question 5

Hence it comes that all armed prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed prophets have been destroyed

Answer 5

Nicollo Machiavelli

Question 6

“Politics is war without bloodshed, war is politics with bloodshed”

Answer 6

Moa Zedong

Question 7

“Trust is good, control is better”

Answer 7

Lenin

Question 8

“History is a nightmare from which I’m trying to escape”

Answer 8

James Joyce

Question 9

“You won’t know what’s hit you until it’s too late”

Answer 9

American arms producer -

Question 10

“A Prince never lacks legitimate resons to break a promise”

Answer 10

Machiavelli

Question 11

“War is just when it is necessary”

Answer 11

Machiavelli

Question 12

“Keep your friends close, and your friends closer”

Answer 12

Sun Tzu

Question 13

“Ours is one hell of a victory”

Answer 13

Thomas Nielsen, leader, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions

Question 14

“If injury is to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared”

Answer 14

Machiavelli

Question 15

“Much that passes for idealism is disguised love of power”

Answer 15

Bertrand Russell

Question 16

“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” (16)

Answer 16

Matthew 5:44

Question 17

“Danes are doubters because Denmark’s history is the story of the downfall of a strong tribe”

Answer 17

Johannes V Jensen

Question 18

“Take up the white man’s burde, the savage wars of peace. Fill full the cup of famine and bid all sickness cease” (18)

Answer 18

Kipling

Question 19

“Success is not final, failure is not final. It’s the courage to continue that counts” (19)

Answer 19

Churchill

Question 20

“To be or not to be, that is the question”

Answer 20

Shakespeare, Hamlet

Question 21

“Halfway on my journey through life, I found myself in a dark wood” (21)

Answer 21

Dante, The Divine Comedy

Question 22

“We happy few, we ban of brothers” (22)

Answer 22

Shakespeare, Henry V

Question 23

“Some men change their party for the sake of their principles, some change their principles for the sake of their party” (23)

Answer 23

Churchill

Question 24

Danish pigs are healthy - they’re bursting with penicillin”

Answer 24

Michael Witte, 1978

Question 25

“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions” (25)

Answer 25

Old saying

Question 26

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past” (26)

Answer 26

Thomas Jefferson

Question 27

“You can fool all of the people some of the time …” (27)

Answer 27

Lincoln

Question 28

“Know well what leads you forward, and what holds you back” (28)

Answer 28

Buddha

Question 29

“He who dates, loses his footing for a time. He who does not dare loses himself” (29)

Answer 29

Søren Kierkegaard

Question 30

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power”

Answer 30

Lincoln