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Hope Is The Deep Orientation Of The Human Soul That Can Be Held At The Darkest Times.

The Most Important Thing Is That Man Should Be The Measure Of All Structures, Including Economic Structures, And Not That Man Be Made To Measure For Those Structures. The Most Important Thing Is Not To Lose Sight Of Personal Relationships - I.e., The Relationships Between Man And His Co-workers, Between Subordinates And Their Superiors, Between Man And His Work, Between This Work And Its Consequences.

I Have Preserved My Identity, Put Its Credibility To The Test And Defended My Dignity. What Good This Will Bring The World I Don't Know. But For Me It Is Good.

Every Consession Gives Rise To Further Concessions, We Cannot Back Down, Because Behind Us There Is Only An Abyss, We Must Keep Our Promises And Demand That They Be Kept.

My Dear Fellow Citizens: For Forty Years You Have Heard From My Predecessors On This Day Different Variations Of The Same Theme: How Our Country Flourished, How Many Millions Of Tons Of Steel We Produced, How Happy We All Were, How We Trusted Our Government, And What Bright Perspectives Were Unfolding In Front Of Us. I Assume You Did Not Propose Me For This Office So That I, Too, Would Lie To You.