Franz von Papen Quotes

"It is to be hoped that the leaders of this movement will place the nation above the party."
- Franz von Papen
(Related: Leaders, Nation, Party, Will)

"Names and individuals are unimportant when Germany's final fate is at stake."
- Franz von Papen
(Related: Fate, Germany, Names)

"Party domination and State leadership are concepts incompatible with one another."
- Franz von Papen
(Related: Leadership, Party, State)

"The essence of conservative ideology is its being anchored in the divine order of things."
- Franz von Papen
(Related: Being, Conservative, Ideology, Order)

"The nation demands a movement which has written upon its banner the internal and external national freedom that it will act as if it were the spiritual, social and political conscience of the nation."
- Franz von Papen
(Related: Act, Conscience, Freedom, Nation, Spiritual, Will)

"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
(Related: Power, Soul, Body, Followers, Nation, Want)