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"Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great - far too great - expectations."
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"Do you genuinely love people? Or at least make an effort to like them? Your first impressions will be made easier and more successful when you start with your heart."
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"People will not remember what you did for living,they will remember how you touched them with kindness and loving."
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"One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust."
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"I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations."
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"The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails additional steps in the direction of a better reality."
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"Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions."
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"Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible."
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"The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe."
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"Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today's reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda."
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"Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust."
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"Ladies and gentlemen, I take office at a time in which the world is living in extreme contradictions."
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"Disarmament requires trust."
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