Franz von Papen Quotes
We decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves over and above the whole nation.
Franz von Papen, 1879–1969, Chancellor of Germany, Quoted in Office of the United States Chief of Counsel For Prosecution of Axis Criminality, Nazi conspiracy and aggression, 1946
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Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen, Erbsälzer zu Werl und Neuwerk was a German conservative politician, diplomat, Prussian nobleman and General Staff officer. He served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and as Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1934.
