
„Ich könnte besser einen Bessern missen.“
1. Teil 5. Akt 4. Szene
Original engl. "I could have better spared a better man."
Heinrich IV. - Henry the Fourth
To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.
Remarks at a White House luncheon (26 June 1954)
Quoted in Churchill Urges Patience in Coping with Red Dangers, The New York Times, June 27, 1954 http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A10FE3458117A93C5AB178DD85F408585F9,
Has been falsely attributed to Otto von Bismarck.
But Churchill’s official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, speaking of this quote, noted that Churchill actually said, "Meeting jaw to jaw is better than war." Four years later, during a visit to Australia, Harold Macmillan said the words usually—and wrongly—attributed to Churchill: “Jaw, jaw is better than war, war.” Credit: Harold Macmillan.
Post-war years (1945–1955)
Quelle: https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/quotes/quotes-falsely-attributed/
„Ich könnte besser einen Bessern missen.“
1. Teil 5. Akt 4. Szene
Original engl. "I could have better spared a better man."
Heinrich IV. - Henry the Fourth
Quelle: Sudelbücher Heft K (293)
„Wenn wir danach streben, besser zu werden, als wir sind, wird auch alles um uns herum besser.“
„Der Freund ist besser als die Ehre, und der Geliebte ist besser als die Ehre.“