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The relationship I have to my fatherland is like that of mothers with crippled children: they love them all the more, th

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"The relationship I have to my fatherland is like that of mothers with crippled children: they love them all the more, the more crippled they are. Germany is the background of all my plans, the return to Germany"

- Friedrich List

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This quote is written / told by Friedrich List between August 6, 1789 and November 30, 1846. He/she was a famous Economist from Germany. The author also have 8 other quotes.

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