“The snail's pace is the normal pace of any democracy.”

— Helmut Schmidt

DIE ZEIT, 19. Oktober 2003, zeit.de http://www.zeit.de/politik/Interview_031030

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Chancellor of West Germany 1974-1982 1918–2015

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