Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society.
Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order.
I have left the federal government and the German Bundestag; I have resigned from all my positions in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.
The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.
I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.