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I had a Jewish grandfather. We managed to hide this fact from the authorities by falsifying documents, my father and I. His father was Jewish, but because my father was an illegitimate child, it was rather easy to pretend that his father was unknown.
— Helmut Schmidt
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I was in government for 13 years and in that time only once met the head of the German security services, and that was because he was an old friend. Otherwise, I carefully avoided having anything to do with these people. They are unavoidable but not really necessary.
— Helmut Schmidt
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Germany is one of the medium powers of the world. It is a non-nuclear power. It is in a lower class than the United States, the Soviet Union, France, the United Kingdom and others.
— Helmut Schmidt
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The German public knows me quite well. I have been in their kitchens and living rooms for years.
— Helmut Schmidt
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Britain is less European-minded than Greece.
— Helmut Schmidt
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Farmers are always conservative. They stick to what they have learned from their fathers and from their grandfathers. This is the same all over the globe.
— Helmut Schmidt
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