We decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves over and above the whole nation. (Franz von Papen)

We decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves over and above the whole nation.

Franz von Papen

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