Erich Honecker - Famous Quotes

Famous Quotes

  • "The Wall will be standing in 50 and even in 100 years, if the reasons for it are not yet removed." (Berlin, 19 January 1989) (Original: "Die Mauer wird in 50 und auch in 100 Jahren noch bestehen bleiben, wenn die dazu vorhandenen Gründe noch nicht beseitigt sind")
  • "Neither an ox nor a donkey is able to stop the progress of socialism." (A rhyming couplet in the original German: "Den Sozialismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf", Berlin, 7 October 1989), one of Honecker's favourite adages, originally coined by August Bebel. (The ox and the donkey are symbolic of stubborn stupidity in German culture.)
  • "The future belongs to socialism" (Original: Die Zukunft gehört dem Sozialismus) (early 1980s)
  • "Always forwards, never backwards." (Original: Vorwärts immer, rückwärts nimmer) (early 1980s)

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