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Posted on Jan 9, 2014

Who Said It? World Leaders Say The Darndest Things

As we approach the 100th anniversary of WWI, you’d be hard-pressed to see much difference in the way world leaders talk about global tensions, then and now. See if you can guess which world leader made the following statements.To learn more about how global tensions of today mirror those of 1914, read historian Margaret MacMillan’s new Brookings Essay, The Rhyme of History: Lessons of the Great War.

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1. Vladimir Putin

2. Kaiser Whilhelm II

3. Angela Merkel

4. Tsar Nicholas II

5. Woodrow Wilson

6. Barack Obama

7. Tony Blair

8. David Cameron

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Who Said It? World Leaders Say The Darndest Things

1. "The Comrade Wolf knows whom to eat, as the saying goes. It knows whom to eat and is not about to listen to anyone, it seems.'"

2. "This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed."

3. “You make it uncommonly difficult for a man to remain friendly to England.”

4. “You see, sometimes governments do things their people do not like. So the people react in different ways. The British vote. The Americans frequently remind their leaders of the U.S. Constitution.”

5. “There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace.”

6. “We cannot afford to be a country of isolationists right now.”

7. “Sometimes, and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.”

8. “We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defense of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than we can drain the English Channel.”

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Who Said It? World Leaders Say The Darndest Things

1. "The Comrade Wolf knows whom to eat, as the saying goes. It knows whom to eat and is not about to listen to anyone, it seems.'"

2. "This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed."

3. “You make it uncommonly difficult for a man to remain friendly to England.”

4. “You see, sometimes governments do things their people do not like. So the people react in different ways. The British vote. The Americans frequently remind their leaders of the U.S. Constitution.”

5. “There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace.”

6. “We cannot afford to be a country of isolationists right now.”

7. “Sometimes, and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.”

8. “We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defense of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than we can drain the English Channel.”

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