"Demokratie ist mehr als eine parlamentarische Regierungsform, sie ist eine Weltanschauung, die wurzelt in der Auffassung von der Würde, dem Werte und den unveräußerlichen Rechten eines jeden einzelnen Menschen. Eine echte Demokratie muß diese unveräußerlichen Rechte und den Wert eines jeden einzelnen Menschen achten im staatlichen, im wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Leben. Wer wirklich demokratisch denkt, muß Achtung vor dem anderen, vor dessen ehrlichem Wollen und Streben haben."
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Erinnerungen 1945-1953, DVA Stuttgart © 1965 5. Aufl. 1980 S. 47; ähnlich schon in Adenauers Rede am 24. März 1946 in der Aula der Universität zu Köln.
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