“The means of existence of our country will break down, once the watergates are open to the foreigners.”

—  Helmut Kohl

Die Existenzgrundlage unseres Landes geht kaputt, wenn erst die Schleusen für die Ausländer geöffnet sind.
Lecture for businessmen from Schwabia (March 1994)

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