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

Es muss demokratisch aussehen, aber wir müssen alles in der Hand haben.
1945, in: Wolfgang Leonhard: Child of the revolution. Transl. by C. M. Woodhouse. London (Collins) 1957. Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (archiviert bei archive.org) https://web.archive.org/web/20110111220208/http://www.politische-bildung-brandenburg.de/demokratie/themen/spielregeln/realpolitik.htm (Brandenburg State Institution for Political Education)

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

Anfang Mai 1945, zitiert in: Wolfgang Leonhard: Die Revolution entläßt ihre Kinder (1955). Leipzig 1990. S. 406. Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung http://www.politische-bildung-brandenburg.de/themen/ernstfall-demokratie/themen/spielregeln-der-demokratie/realpolitik-contra-demokratie#; DIE ZEIT 19/1965 https://www.zeit.de/1965/19/es-muss-demokratisch-aussehen/komplettansicht

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