Ernst Thalmann famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Every conceivable cruel method of blackmail was used against me to obtain by force and at all costs confessions and statements both about comrades who had been arrested, and about political activities.
-- Ernst Thalmann

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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.
Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who value it volunteer their existence as living examples of the same... Peace ends with the unraveling of individual hope and the emergence of the will to worship violence as a healer of private and social dis-ease.
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
Calvinism is an all-embracing system of principles... It is rooted in a form of religion which was peculiarly its own, and form that specific religious consciousness there was developed first a particular theology, then a special church-order, and then a given form for political and social life.
Our political problem now is "Can we, as a nation, continue together permanentlyforever--half slave, and half free?" The problem is too mighty for me. May God, in his mercy, superintend the solution.
If you look up into His face and say, "Yes, Lord, whatever it costs," at that moment He'll flood your Life with His presence and power.
I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.
If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
The sinner will not confess, nor will the priest receive his confession, if the veil of secrecy is removed.

Ernst Thalmann famous quotes

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