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Friedrich Kellner Quotes

1885–1970 Germany

August Friedrich Kellner (1 February 1885 – 4 November 1970) (pronounce) was a justice inspector during the Nazi period in Germany. As a Social Democrat, he campaigned against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

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When dictators enslave their own people and seek to impose their anti-democratic ideology upon others, when evil seeks power, men and women of good will must set aside their own differences of opinion and stand together and fight – including those who hate war.

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I could not fight the Nazis in the present, as they had the power to still my voice, so I decided to fight them in the future.

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No one has the right to steal our dreams and trespass upon our liberties.

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My main goal after the war was to help rebuild the Social Democratic Party that Hitler had banned and use it to reunite the people of Germany who had forgotten how a democracy worked – through tolerance, compromise and a dedication to individual freedom.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Friedrich Kellner (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.