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O this world is beautiful because of you! To love somebody means that we're closer to God.
Michael: a German fate in diary notes (1926)
She has confessed her parentage to me. Since then, the first enchantment ruined.
The people's community must not be a mere phrase, but a revolutionary achievement following from the radical carrying out of the basic life needs of the working class.
Therefore, Russia is our natural ally against the devilish temptation and corruption of the west.
The fact that they gave us that [freedom of speech] is, for sure, one proof of how dumb they are!
I'm looking for the teacher who is simple enough to be great, and great enough to be simple.
Michael: a German fate in diary notes (1926)
That is why we place ourselves alongside Russia as equal partners in the struggle for this freedom which means everything to us.
To be modern only means to fill new forms with eternal truths.
Michael: a German fate in diary notes (1926)
Today there seems to be only one absolute thing: relativism.
Michael: a German fate in diary notes (1926)
One only honours what one conquers or defends.
Michael: a German fate in diary notes (1926)
The best propaganda is that which, as it were, works invisibly, penetrates the whole of life without the public having any knowledge of the propagandistic initiative.
I should like to be a parson on this island. Explain the Sermon on the Mount to ordinary people and let the world be the world.
Michael: a German fate in diary notes (1926)
The value of labor under socialism will be determined by its value to the state, to the whole community. Labor means creating value, not haggling over things.
We will never get anywhere, if we lean on the interests of the cultured and propertied classes. Everything will come to us if we appeal to the hunger and despair of the masses.
We are socialists because we see the social question as a matter of necessity and justice for the very existence of a state for our people, not a question of cheap pity or insulting sentimentality.
If Christ came back he would drive his treacherous servants out of the temple with a whip.
Michael: a German fate in diary notes (1926)
We are against the political bourgeoisie, and for genuine nationalism!
Die verfluchten Hakenkreuzler. Etwas zum Nachdenken (1932)
The lines of German socialism are sharp, and our path is clear. We are against the political bourgeoisie, and for genuine nationalism!
Socialism will become reality when the Fatherland is free.
Die verfluchten Hakenkreuzler. Etwas zum Nachdenken (1932)
"Who should die, the Germans or the Jews? You know what your eternal enemy and opponent intends for you. There is only one instrument against his plans for annihilation."