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Auf die Frage nach seiner Nationalität antwortet er lapidar: "Was sind wir Deutsche? Ein Cocktail, der in zwei Jahrtausenden zusammengemixt wurde. Und das gilt für Italien ebenso." [G] When asked about his nationality, he answers tersely: "What are we Germans? A cocktail mixed during the course of two millenia. The same is true of Italy".

Der damalige Präsident des Bundesamtes für Verfassungsschutz, Günther Nollau, hat auf dem Höhepunkt der Sympathisantenhysterie im Oktober 1977 lapidar festgestellt, dass dies kein strafrechtlich relevanter Begriff sei. [G] As the hysteria about sympathisers peaked in October 1977, Günther Nollau, then President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, stated succinctly that this was not a concept of relevance to penal law.

Sebastian Thruns Beschreibung klingt lapidar. [G] This statement made by Sebastian Thrun may sound a little terse.

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