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Socialism on German soil is so intolerable to our opponent because it represents proof that the previously exploited masses can determine their fortune without capitalism.

— Erich Honecker Speech on the 40th Anniversary of the GDR (1989)

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Without the wall through Berlin there could have been a nuclear war with thousands or millions of dead.

The Wall will still be standing in 50 and even in 100 years; if the reasons for it have not been removed by then.

It was a historic deed that preserved the liberty of our people and laid the foundations for the sustained prosperity of our socialist state.

I bear the main political responsibility . . . for the fact that people trying to cross the border without authorization were shot.

Today, the GDR is an outpost of peace and socialism in Europe. We will never forget this fact; this keeps us, and should also keep our enemies, from misjudgment.

Speech on the 40th Anniversary of the GDR (1989)

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