Walther Rathenau Quotes

#1. There in the midst of German life is an alien and isolated race of men. Loud and self-conscious in their dress, hot-blooded and restless in their manner. An Asiatic horde on the sandy plains of Prussia. Forming among themselves a close corporation, rigorously shut off from the rest of the world.

Walther Rathenau

#2. Always assume your opponent to be smarter than you.

Walther Rathenau

#3. Truth is inner harmony.

Walther Rathenau

#4. Three hundred men, all of whom know one another, direct the economic destiny of Europe and choose their successors from among themselves.

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#5. A man must be strong enough to mold the peculiarity of his imperfections into the perfection of his peculiarities.

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#6. Three hundred men, each of whom knows all the other, govern the fate of the European continent, and they elect their successors from their entourage.

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#7. We are not here for the sake of possessions, or of power. Or of happiness, but we are here to transfigure the divine out of human spirit.

Walther Rathenau