Germany
Ger·many (jʉr′mə nē)
pl. -·nys, -·nies
country in NC Europe, on the North & Baltic seas; since reunification in 1990, comprising 16 states: formerly divided (1945) into four zones of occupation, administered respectively by France, Britain, the U.S., & the U.S.S.R., and partitioned (1949-90) into the Federal Republic of Germany, made up of the three western zones (British, French, & U.S.), also called West Germany; and the German Democratic Republic, comprising the eastern (U.S.S.R.) zone, also called East Germany: 137,822 sq mi (356,959 sq km); pop. 80,975,000; cap. Berlin: official name Federal Republic of Germany
Etymology: L Germania
Germany
n.
Communism fits Germany as a saddle fits a cow.
This morning, the British ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final note stating that, unless we heard from them by11o'clock, that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently this country is at war with Germany.
In1914, Europe had arrived at a point at which every country except Germany was afraid of the present, and Germany was afraid of the future.
My good friends, this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time.Go home and have a nice, quiet sleep. See also Disraeli 277:85.
We are fighting in the quarrel of civilization against barbarism, of liberty against tyranny.Germany has become a menace to the whole world. She is the most dangerous enemy of liberty now existing.
En France, on e¤ tudie les hommes; en Allemagne, les livres. In France, they study men; in Germany, books.
To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.
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