Ladies Quotes by Gustav Heinemann

Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.

— Gustav Heinemann

Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order.

— Gustav Heinemann

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

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

Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society.

— Gustav Heinemann

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

Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.

— Gustav Heinemann

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

Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.

— Gustav Heinemann

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

The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.

— Gustav Heinemann

Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today's reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda.

— Gustav Heinemann