“I will approach my office as chancellor with great seriousness and respect because there is an incredible amount to do.”

—  Karl Nehammer

Source: Karl Nehammer (2021) cited in: " Scandal-Shaken Austria Gets Its 3rd Chancellor This Year https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/world/europe/austria-chancellor-nehammer-kurz.html" in The New York Times, 6 December 2021.

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