Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great - far too great - expectations. — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share Image
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
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
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
Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society. — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share
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
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
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
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
The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe. — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share
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
In this life of ours we remain directed toward the relative utopia of a better world, and sensibly this can be the only model… — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share
Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions,… — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share
Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially… — Gustav Heinemann Copy Share
