"Die Vorstellung, dass eine moderne Gesellschaft in der Lage sein müsste, sich als multikulturelle Gesellschaft zu etablieren, mit möglichst vielen kulturellen Gruppen, halte ich für abwegig. Man kann aus Deutschland mit immerhin einer tausendjährigen Geschichte seit Otto I. nicht nachträglich einen Schmelztiegel machen."
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Frankfurter Rundschau, 12. September 1992, S. 8, zitiert in konservativ.de und linksnet.de
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Helmut Schmidt
1918 – 2015
deutscher Politiker ([[SPD]])
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