Quotation of the Day: Rudyard Kipling on Ponderence

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.

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This Day in History: WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR WILLY BRANDT RESIGNS (1974)

West German Chancellor Willy Brandt Resigns (1974)

Brandt fled his native Germany for Norway after the rise of the Nazis in the 1930s. Returning after the war, he became involved in politics and, in 1969, was elected chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. As chancellor, he greatly improved relations with East Germany, the Soviet Union, and Poland, and in 1971 he received the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1974, he was forced to resign after an embarrassing scandal in which one of his close aides was exposed as what? More… Discuss