The Berlin Wall is perhaps the most visible expression of the moral gulf between free democracy and totalitarian dictatorship. (Helmut Kohl)

The Berlin Wall is perhaps the most visible expression of the moral gulf between free democracy and totalitarian dictatorship.

Helmut Kohl

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