Borgen quotations Flashcards
“A Prince should have no other aim or thought but war, and its organisation and discipline” (1)
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince knows that it is far safer to be feared than loved
Nicollo Machievelli
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others (3)
Winston Churchill
Denying the existence of a ghost will only make it bigger (4)
Greenland proverb
Hence it comes that all armed prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed prophets have been destroyed
Nicollo Machiavelli
“Politics is war without bloodshed, war is politics with bloodshed”
Moa Zedong
“Trust is good, control is better”
Lenin
“History is a nightmare from which I’m trying to escape”
James Joyce
“You won’t know what’s hit you until it’s too late”
American arms producer -
“A Prince never lacks legitimate resons to break a promise”
Machiavelli
“War is just when it is necessary”
Machiavelli
“Keep your friends close, and your friends closer”
Sun Tzu
“Ours is one hell of a victory”
Thomas Nielsen, leader, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions
“If injury is to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared”
Machiavelli
“Much that passes for idealism is disguised love of power”
Bertrand Russell
“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” (16)
Matthew 5:44
“Danes are doubters because Denmark’s history is the story of the downfall of a strong tribe”
Johannes V Jensen
“Take up the white man’s burde, the savage wars of peace. Fill full the cup of famine and bid all sickness cease” (18)
Kipling
“Success is not final, failure is not final. It’s the courage to continue that counts” (19)
Churchill
“To be or not to be, that is the question”
Shakespeare, Hamlet
“Halfway on my journey through life, I found myself in a dark wood” (21)
Dante, The Divine Comedy
“We happy few, we ban of brothers” (22)
Shakespeare, Henry V
“Some men change their party for the sake of their principles, some change their principles for the sake of their party” (23)
Churchill
Danish pigs are healthy - they’re bursting with penicillin”
Michael Witte, 1978
“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions” (25)
Old saying
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past” (26)
Thomas Jefferson
“You can fool all of the people some of the time …” (27)
Lincoln
“Know well what leads you forward, and what holds you back” (28)
Buddha
“He who dates, loses his footing for a time. He who does not dare loses himself” (29)
Søren Kierkegaard
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power”
Lincoln
