Austria

Austria,officially theRepublic of Austria(German:Republik Österreich), is acountryin thecentral European Union.It bordersGermany,theCzech Republic,Slovakia,Hungary,Slovenia,Italy,LiechtensteinandSwitzerland.It comprises 9 federatedstates.Its capital, largest city and one of the nine states isVienna.It hosts the headquarters of theOSCEandOPEC.Its current head of state is PresidentAlexander Van der Bellen,and its current head of government isKarl Nehammer.

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- Initial letters of the following mottos of the Austrian Empire: 1.Austriæ Est Imperare Orbi Universo(It belongs to Austria to govern the world). 2.Austria Erit In Orbe Ultima(Austria will be last in the world). 3.Aquila Electa Juste Omnia Vincit(The elect eagle justly conquers everything). 4.Alles Erdreich Ist Oesterreich Unterthan(The whole surface of the globe is subject to Austria). 5.Aller Ehren Ist Oesterreich Voll(Austria is full of all honours).
- W. F. H. King,Classical and Foreign Quotations,3rd ed. (1904), no. 47

There is not one of the peoples or provinces that constituted the Empire of the Hapsburgs to whom gaining their independence has not brought the tortures which ancientpoetsandtheologianshad reserved for the damned. The noble capital ofVienna,the home of so much long-defendedcultureandtradition,the centre of so manyroads,rivers,andrailways,was left stark and starving, like a great emporium in an impoverished district whose inhabitants have mostly departed.
- Winston Churchill,The Second World War,Vol. I: The Gathering Storm (1948), p. 9

Our difficulties with theRussiansincreased, but I never really blamedKonev.He obviously was merely carrying out instructions. He even had a sense ofhumorabout it occasionally. Once when we were discussing Austrianpolitics,the name of theCommunist partyleader,Ernst Fischer,was mentioned. Jokingly, I said: "Well, I don't like him because he is aCommunist."Konev grunted." That's fine, "he said." I don't like him either because he's an Austrian Communist. "
- Mark W. Clark,Calculated Risk(1950), p. 477

Long liveGermany.Long liveArgentina.Long live Austria. These are the three countries with which I have been most connected and which I will not forget. I greet my wife, my family and my friends. I am ready. We'll meet again soon, as is the fate of all men. I die believing inGod.
- Adolf Eichmann,before his execution inJerusalem(1 June 1962), as quoted inBecoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a "Desk Murderer"by David Cesarani (2006), p. 321

The conduct of the Austrian people during the ten long years they have labored under the heavy burden offoreign occupationhas commanded the profound respect of all the American people. I am confident that the many ties which bind our two peoples together will continue to constitute the basis for ever friendly relations between Austria and the United States. As a country dedicated to the fundamental principles offreedomandliberty,the United States will ever maintain an interest in the independence of Austria. The American people are proud and happy at the prospect of Austria being able to play her full part inworld affairswithdignity,self-respect,andfreedom.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower;Message to President Koerner of Austria on the Signing of the Treaty Restoring Austrian Independence Online,The American Presidency Project; 13 May 1955

Is the Austrian government pursuing some sort of ‘enlightenmentfrom above’ at the expense of a free and open inquiry? Do Austriantaxpayersneed anOrwellian‘Ministry of Truth’ to present them with a selection of trustworthymediareports and a public list ofheretics,dissenters,and scapegoats?
- Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe (FOREF) and Human Rights Without Frontiers (Brussels),"AUSTRIA: Federal Office of Sect Issues Targets COVID-19 Dissenters. An Orwellian “Ministry of Truth”? "(October 7, 2020)

Austria's two achievements were to have persuaded the world thatHitlerwasGermanand thatBeethovenwasViennese.
- Christopher Hitchens,"The 2,000-Year-Old Panic",The Atlantic(March 2008)

The situation is serious but not hopeless.
- Alfred Polgar,as documented by the Viennese Kraus Archive; translation quoted by Gilbert Carr,"'Hopeless but not serious'",letter toThe Irish Times(20 August 2019); seeSituation Hopeless... But Not Serious(1965)

There is no question of ever accepting Nazi representatives in the Austrian cabinet. An absolute abyss separates Austria fromNazism.We do not like arbitrary power, we wantlaw to rule our freedom.We reject uniformity andcentralization....Christendomis anchored in our very soil, and we know but oneGod:and that is not theState,or theNation,or that elusive thing,Race.Our childrenareGod’schildren,not to be abused by the State. We abhor terror; Austria has always been a humanitarian state. As a people, we are tolerant by predisposition. Any change now, in our "status quo", could only be for the worse.
- Kurt Schuschnigg,London Morning Telegraph(January 5, 1938), reprinted in Dorothy Thompson,Let the Record Speak(Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1939), p. 135

I was born in Vienna, I grew up in Vienna, I went to school in Vienna, I graduated in Vienna, I studied in Vienna, I started my career in Vienna, I did theatre for the first time in Vienna, I did film for the first time in Vienna. There are also a few other Viennese details... But how much more Austrian can you get?
- Christoph Waltz,as quoted in"'Austrians have humour, Germans not so much'"(28 February 2013),The Local

I'm not German, I'm Austrian andAustrianshave a wonderful sense of humour, Germans, not so much.
- Christoph Waltz,as quoted in"'Austrians have humour, Germans not so much'",The Local(28 February 2013)

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