The armaments manufacturers in France and England are doing well, but constant inflation is devouring the purchasing power of working people. (Walter Ulbricht)
Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry. (Walter Ulbricht)
Let us get to work, in full knowledge that the plan will awaken the great creative forces in each German and help them to blossom (Walter Ulbricht)
Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales. (Walter Ulbricht)
Long live the united front of the fighting proletariat and all workers against exploitation, Young Plan enslavement, and Fascism (Walter Ulbricht)
The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the victorious struggle for liberation by the German people. (Walter Ulbricht)
When has there ever been a government in German history that came to the people and revealed its detailed plans for the coming years? That could not happen before, since German governments planned war and conquest. (Walter Ulbricht)
The West German population would protest passionately if it knew what secret meetings between the federal chancellor, McCoy, and foreign and Nazi generals are planning. (Walter Ulbricht)
Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights. (Walter Ulbricht)
I ask you to let the government know immediately when you see serious problems or mistakes that stand in the way of our great community endeavor. (Walter Ulbricht)
May we soon enjoy the fruits of our labor in a peaceful and united Germany. (Walter Ulbricht)
In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened. (Walter Ulbricht)
Because we have eliminated the anarchy of monopoly capitalism, we could develop this plan and take the first steps to fulfilling it. (Walter Ulbricht)
By 1955 we will have more meat, sugar, milk, etc., per capita than we did in 1936. The same will be true of many other important goods. (Walter Ulbricht)
Today we are in the midst of a vast project that will bring happiness to us all, and will prevent new disasters from befalling our suffering people. (Walter Ulbricht)