“In the interest of the entire nation we decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves, as a party or a movement, over and above the whole nation.”

— Franz von Papen

Quoted in "Nazi conspiracy and aggression, Vol. 6" - Page 3 - 1946
1940s

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German chancellor 1879–1969

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