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It has to look democratic, but we must have everything in [our] hand.

— Walter Ulbricht Attributed

Es muss demokratisch aussehen, aber wir müssen alles in der Hand haben.

Original text (German)

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Source, in full

1945, attributed by Wolfgang Leonhard in Child of the revolution (Die Revolution entlässt ihre Kinder). Transl. by C. M. Woodhouse. London (Collins) 1957. Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (archiviert bei archive.org) (Brandenburg State Institution for Political Education)

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