But just as haste and restlessness are typical of our present-day life, so change also takes place more rapidly than before. This applies to change in the relationships between nations as it does to change within an individual nation. — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
The economic position is only flourishing on the surface. Germany is in fact dancing on a volcano. If the short-term credits are called in,… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
Nothing is more misleading to the youth of a nation than to state the outcome immediately after the beginning as if nothing could have… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
A Shakespeare could have arisen only on English soil. In the same way, your great dramatists and poets express the nature and essence of… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
As a consequence of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the officer corps of the old army became part of this class, as… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
I must begin by saying something about the old Germany. That Germany, too, suffered from superficial judgment, because appearances and reality were not always… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
Voices were heard from the United States of America which made it clear that America wanted a peaceful and united Europe as a basis… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
History uses a unit of measure for time that is different from that of the lifespan of the individual, whereas man is only too… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action. — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
As a confirmed individualist I certainly do not wish to underrate the influence of the individual, for the masses do not lead the individual;… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
