Voices were heard from the United States of America which made it clear that America wanted a peaceful and united Europe as a basis for mutual cooperation. Gustav Stresemann Read Quote
To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy – this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation. Gustav Stresemann Read Quote
This old Germany was partly defeated in its conflict with the progressive ideas of socialism, for it had given the people nothing that could serve as a successful alternative to socialism. Gustav Stresemann Read Quote
The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action. Gustav Stresemann Read Quote
The concept of active cooperation has taken the place of opposition to the new form of government and of dreamy resignation entranced with the beauty of times past. Gustav Stresemann Read Quote
Nothing in the reporting of a nation’s history could so mislead the younger generation as to represent great events in such a way that they appear to have happened as a matter of course. Gustav Stresemann Read Quote
No change in the balance of political parties can alter the general determination that no class should be excluded from contributing to and sharing responsibility for the state. Gustav Stresemann Read Quote
Just as the child is father to the man, so the impressions of one’s youth remain the most vivid in manhood. Gustav Stresemann Read Quote
Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany and helped shape her, recognize the greatness and worthiness of present-day Germany. Gustav Stresemann Read Quote
In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future. Gustav Stresemann Read Quote
