Gustav Stresemann Quotes

• The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• To contrast national solidarity and international cooperation as two opposites seems foolish to me.

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• 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.

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• The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against opposition.

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• The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally.

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• The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Mankind advances only through struggle.

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• Just as the child is father to the man, so the impressions of one’s youth remain the most vivid in manhood.

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• 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.

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• Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him.

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• 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.

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• If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace.

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• I must begin by saying something about the old Germany. That Germany, too, suffered from superficial judgment, because appearances and reality were not always kept apart in people’s minds.

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• History uses a unit of measure for time that is different from that of the lifespan of the individual, whereas man is only too ready to measure the evolution of history by his own yardstick.

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• Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered.

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Birth:	10th May, 1878
Death:	3rd October, 1929
Nationality:	German
Profession:	Politician, Statesman

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Gustav Stresemann was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor in 1923 and Foreign Minister 1923–1929, during the Weimar Republic. He was co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926. Stresemann's politics defy easy categorization. Arguably, his most notable achievement was reconciliation between Germany and France, for which he and Aristide Briand received the Nobel Peace Prize. During a period of political instability and fragile, short-lived governments, he was generally seen as the most influential cabinet member in most of the Weimar Republic's existence.

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