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"Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions."
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"Depression arises when one uses his power and authority. Whatever authority there is, it is there for giving happiness to others. Authority is to give happiness to others, even to those who are guilty of doing wrong."
"God indeed has given the earth under to the control of man."
"The one, who likes to have an 'underhand', will inevitably come across a 'boss'!"
"It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty."
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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."
"Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work."
"War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser; rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves."
"The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe."
"Ladies and gentlemen, I take office at a time in which the world is living in extreme contradictions."
"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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