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"The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace."
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"In the company of ignorance, be silent...or join the suffering."

"If you are right, no one will bother you in this world. If you do not hurt anyone in this world, or you have no intention of hurting anyone, then no one can hurt you."
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"Ladies and gentlemen, I take office at a time in which the world is living in extreme contradictions."

"We have to recognize that the freedom of the individual has to be protected not only from the power of the state, but even more so from economic and societal power."

"The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe."

"Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work."

"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."

"Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth."

"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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