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# Friedrich Ebert

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Friedrich Ebert was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the first president of Germany from 1919 until his death in 1925.

##  Quotes by Friedrich Ebert

> [Freedom and Justice are twin sisters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-ebert/freedom-and-justice-are-twin-sisters/)

Friedrich Ebert

[Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/)

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> [Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-ebert/without-democracy-there-is-no-freedom-violence-no-matter-who-is-using/)

Friedrich Ebert

[Crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crime/)

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> [Thus we have at least a national song that unites all Germans, and is the symbol of our sixty-million nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-ebert/thus-we-have-at-least-a-national-song-that-unites-all-germans-and-is/)

Friedrich Ebert

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