"Trust cannot be commanded and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.“


-Gustav Heinemann

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Trust cannot be commanded and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.

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