Ernst Moritz Arndt Quotes
The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood.
Arndt, Ernst Moritz. Geist der Zeit. Vol. 1, Real-Schulbuchhandlung, 1806.
This was written under the name of Ragnar Redbeard. There are a few scholars who believe that it was written by Jack London, but most credit Desmond.
William the Conqueror. The King had come ashore and fell forward in the sand on his face and hands. Showing a sense of humor, he hade this statement. Shortly thereafter he took England militarily at Hastings and seized it politically.
See Prince Otto von Bismarck-Schoenhausen {632620} for a similar focus on "iron and blood". This is no coincidence as Lindemann had been the Captain of the Battleship Bismarck.
after Isabella’s & Ferdinand’s death. When he was Viceroy after the monarchs, he put down an attempt by some of the nobles to gain control when they asked by what authority he functioned, now that the monarchs who appointed him were dead.
Ernst Moritz Arndt was a German nationalist historian, writer and poet. Early in his life, he fought for the abolition of serfdom, later against Napoleonic dominance over Germany. Arndt had to flee to Sweden for some time due to his anti-French positions. He is one of the main founders of German nationalism and the 19th century movement for German unification. After the Carlsbad Decrees, the forces of the restoration counted him as a demagogue.
