"Sagt, was ihr wollt: das Christentum, diese Blüte des Judentums, bleibt einer der beiden Grundpfeiler, auf denen die abendländische Gesittung ruht und von denen die andere die mediterrane Antike ist. Die Verleugnung einer dieser Grundvoraussetzungen unserer Sittlichkeit und Bildung, oder gar ihrer beider, durch irgendeine Gruppe der abendländischen Gemeinschaft würde ihr Ausscheiden aus dieser und eine unvorstellbare, übrigens gottlob gar nicht nachvollziehbare Zurückschraubung ihrer humanen Status, ich weiß nicht, wohin, bedeuten"
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Thomas Mann
1875 – 1955
deutscher Schriftsteller
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