Organization

Austria

3 members

On IJR

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Organization

Austria

3 members

Notable quotes

“Long live Germany. Long live Argentina. Long live Austria. These are the three countries with which I have been most connected and which I will not forget. I greet my wife, my family and my friends. I am ready. We'll meet again soon, as is the fate of all men. I die believing in God.”
— Adolf Eichmann, before his execution in Jerusalem (1 June 1962), as quoted in Becoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a "Desk Murderer" by David Cesarani (2006), p. 321
“Is the Austrian government pursuing some sort of ‘enlightenment from above’ at the expense of a free and open inquiry? Do Austrian taxpayers need an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth’ to present them with a selection of trustworthy media reports and a public list of heretics, dissenters, and scapegoats?”
— Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe (FOREF) and Human Rights Without Frontiers (Brussels), "AUSTRIA: Federal Office of Sect Issues Targets COVID-19 Dissenters. An Orwellian “Ministry of Truth”?" (October 7, 2020)
“Austria's two achievements were to have persuaded the world that Hitler was German and that Beethoven was Viennese.”
— Christopher Hitchens, "The 2,000-Year-Old Panic", The Atlantic (March 2008)
“The situation is serious but not hopeless.”
— Alfred Polgar, as documented by the Viennese Kraus Archive; translation quoted by Gilbert Carr, "'Hopeless but not serious'", letter to The Irish Times (20 August 2019); see Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965)
“I was born in Vienna, I grew up in Vienna, I went to school in Vienna, I graduated in Vienna, I studied in Vienna, I started my career in Vienna, I did theatre for the first time in Vienna, I did film for the first time in Vienna. There are also a few other Viennese details... But how much more Austrian can you get?”
— Christoph Waltz, as quoted in "'Austrians have humour, Germans not so much'" (28 February 2013), The Local
“I'm not German, I'm Austrian and Austrians have a wonderful sense of humour, Germans, not so much.”
— Christoph Waltz, as quoted in "'Austrians have humour, Germans not so much'", The Local (28 February 2013)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

On IJR

No public IJR answers mention Austria yet. As people ask about it and share their answers, they'll appear here.

Notable quotes

“Long live Germany. Long live Argentina. Long live Austria. These are the three countries with which I have been most connected and which I will not forget. I greet my wife, my family and my friends. I am ready. We'll meet again soon, as is the fate of all men. I die believing in God.”
— Adolf Eichmann, before his execution in Jerusalem (1 June 1962), as quoted in Becoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a "Desk Murderer" by David Cesarani (2006), p. 321
“Is the Austrian government pursuing some sort of ‘enlightenment from above’ at the expense of a free and open inquiry? Do Austrian taxpayers need an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth’ to present them with a selection of trustworthy media reports and a public list of heretics, dissenters, and scapegoats?”
— Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe (FOREF) and Human Rights Without Frontiers (Brussels), "AUSTRIA: Federal Office of Sect Issues Targets COVID-19 Dissenters. An Orwellian “Ministry of Truth”?" (October 7, 2020)
“Austria's two achievements were to have persuaded the world that Hitler was German and that Beethoven was Viennese.”
— Christopher Hitchens, "The 2,000-Year-Old Panic", The Atlantic (March 2008)
“The situation is serious but not hopeless.”
— Alfred Polgar, as documented by the Viennese Kraus Archive; translation quoted by Gilbert Carr, "'Hopeless but not serious'", letter to The Irish Times (20 August 2019); see Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965)
“I was born in Vienna, I grew up in Vienna, I went to school in Vienna, I graduated in Vienna, I studied in Vienna, I started my career in Vienna, I did theatre for the first time in Vienna, I did film for the first time in Vienna. There are also a few other Viennese details... But how much more Austrian can you get?”
— Christoph Waltz, as quoted in "'Austrians have humour, Germans not so much'" (28 February 2013), The Local
“I'm not German, I'm Austrian and Austrians have a wonderful sense of humour, Germans, not so much.”
— Christoph Waltz, as quoted in "'Austrians have humour, Germans not so much'", The Local (28 February 2013)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.