“The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a few capitalists.”
Quote by Walter Ulbricht
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Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht was a significant German politician who served as the first Secretary General of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1950 to 1971. Born on June 30, 1893, and dying on August 1, 1973, Ulbricht played a pivotal role in the political history of East Germany during the Cold War. more
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