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History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom.

— Angela Merkel

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Neither the chains of dictatorship nor the fetters of oppression can keep down the forces of freedom for long.

The yearning for freedom cannot be contained by walls for long.

German law takes precedence over sharia. The full face veil should be banned, wherever legally possible.

However democracy is not always a matter of unilateral decisions, but normally a business of opinion formation of many.

The world does not have to prove to Iran that Iran is building a nuclear bomb. Iran has to convince the world that it is not striving towards such a bomb.

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