Political power emanates from the people.” Men and women were given the vote at the age of twenty. “All Germans are equal before the law… Personal liberty is inviolable… Every German has a right… to express his opinion freely… All Germans have the right to form associations or societies… All inhabitants of the Reich enjoy complete liberty of belief and conscience…” No man in the world would be more free than a German, no government more democratic and liberal than his. On paper, at least.
