The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.
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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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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.
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Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.
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