Word: would
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problems of this society by reaching consensus by all the existing social and political forces in the country. There is always more than one solution for a given problem. The most important element of consensus is that it serves the majority of the people. Nothing should happen that would serve only a part of this society and not the majority...
With regard to Gunter Mittag, who was in charge of the economy, he did misuse his office and was expelled from the party for it. I hesitate to say more at this point in time because it would be wrong for me to interfere in a case that is the subject of judicial proceedings...
...inspired by the ideas of Gorbachev, without thinking that the same changes had to be introduced here. We were and still are different countries. The essential thing is socialism with a human face combined with democracy. I am convinced that if we had opted for this course earlier, we would not have stumbled into the political crisis in which we find ourselves...
...Kurt Masur in a public appeal against the use of violence. Although I was not empowered to do so by the office I held at the time, I told my political friends that their appeal was correct, and I encouraged them to act in such a way that everything would end without the use of force...
...speaks of confederation today, one must ask, On what basis? It would be necessary to have a common foreign policy, a common defense policy. I ask you, Do these conditions exist? We are prepared to leave the Warsaw Pact, if the Federal Republic is prepared to leave NATO. So long as both states remain in their political and military alliances, a confederation of the two states is simply not possible...