Ladies and gentlemen, I take office at a time in which the world is living in extreme contradictions. — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions. — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order. — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days… — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
I have left the federal government and the German Bundestag; I have resigned from all my positions in the Social Democratic Party of Germany. — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society. — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a… — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails… — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work. — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
We have to recognize that the freedom of the individual has to be protected not only from the power of the state, but even… — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe. — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today's reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda. — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
