Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan Quotes


I believe that it is the role of the German people to be great, to be one of those who rule.


Citations

Heinrich von Gagern, 1799-1880, Minister-President of the German Provisional Government, Member of the German Parliament, Speech, 1848, Quoted by Adam Zamoyski in Holy Madness: Romantics, Patriots, and Revolutionaries, 1776-1781

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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan
  • Born: February 8, 1819
  • Died: June 25, 1904
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Writer, Politician

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan, sometimes shortened to Wilhelm Jordan, was a German writer and politician.