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Georg Herbert Münster Quotes

1820–1902 Germany

Georg Herbert Fürst zu Münster von Derneburg (23 December 1820 – 28 March 1902), also known by his earlier title of Count of Münster-Ledenburg, was a Hanoverian and later German diplomat and politician. He served as ambassador to London, 1873–1885, and Paris, 1885–1900.

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Despotism easily leads to petty tyranny. This was demonstrated in the last years of the life of the Emperor Paul; and tyranny too often suggests the awful remedy of murder. An intelligent Russian once remarked to us, "Every country has its own constitution; ours is absolutism moderated by assassination."

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Georg Herbert Münster (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.