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 …

- Walter Ulbricht

The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep s…

- Walter Ulbricht

The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually.

- Walter Ulbricht

The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.

- Walter Ulbricht

Nobody has the intention of building a wall

- Walter Ulbricht

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 …

- Walter Ulbricht

Nobody intends to put up a wall!

- Walter Ulbricht

Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales.

- Walter Ulbricht

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

- Walter Ulbricht