Walter Ulbricht Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Something new has happened: For the first time in German history our fatherland is guided by a plan that considers only the needs of the people, and aims at building prosperity and reconstructing of our fatherland.”

“The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democratic sector of Berlin think only of peace, and that they are working for freedom and peaceful prosperity.”

“The West German population would protest passionately if it knew what secret meetings between the federal chancellor, McCoy, and foreign and Nazi generals are planning.”

“When has there ever been a government in German history that came to the people and revealed its detailed plans for the coming years? That could not happen before, since German governments planned war and conquest.”

“The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the victorious struggle for liberation by the German people.”

“The more you participate in our common endeavors, the more successful your work in the factory, mine, wharf or village, in an economic institute or in the arts, in commerce or administration, the sooner we will be where we all want to be.”

“In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened.”

“The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a few capitalists.”