QuoteQuest“Man begreift schwer beim Erleben dieser "großen Zeit", daß man dieser verrückten, verkommenen Spezies angehört, die sich Willensfreiheit zuschreibt. Wenn es doch irgendwo eine Insel der Wohlwollenden und Besonnenen gäbe! Da wollte ich auch glühender Patriot sein.”
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- Wikiquote: Albert Einstein
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In living through this "great epoch," it is difficult to reconcile oneself to the fact that one belongs to that mad, degenerate species that boasts of its free will. How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will! In such a place even I should be an ardent
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Einstein, Albert. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Albert Einstein. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
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