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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/ladies-and-gentlemen-on-the-occasion-of-my-election-i-received-many/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-heinemann/)

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## More by Gustav Heinemann

> [Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/everywhere-authority-and-tradition-have-to-justify-themselves-in-the/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-heinemann/)

> [Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/insecurity-and-resignation-mingle-with-the-hope-for-a-better-order/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/war-is-not-the-quintessential-emergency-in-which-man-has-to-prove/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/i-have-left-the-federal-government-and-the-german-bundestag-i-have/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-heinemann/)

> [Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/liberal-democracy-must-finally-become-the-vital-element-of-our-society/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/i-appeal-to-the-responsibility-of-the-blocs-and-the-major-powers-not/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-heinemann/)

> [Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/beyond-peace-there-is-no-longer-any-existence-possible/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/the-secret-of-big-and-revolutionary-actions-also-consists-in/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-heinemann/)

> [Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/some-fatherlands-are-difficult-germany-is-one-of-them-but-it-is-our/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/we-have-to-recognize-that-the-freedom-of-the-individual-has-to-be/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-heinemann/)

> [The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/the-time-has-come-and-must-come-for-multilateral-conversations-about/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-heinemann/)

> [Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today's reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/therefore-it-does-not-help-to-sneer-at-the-imperfection-of-today-s/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-heinemann/)

> [In this life of ours we remain directed toward the relative utopia of a better world, and sensibly this can be the only model…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/in-this-life-of-ours-we-remain-directed-toward-the-relative-utopia-of/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-heinemann/)

> [Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/ladies-and-gentlemen-on-the-occasion-of-my-election-i-received-many/)

[Gustav Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-heinemann/)

> [Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinemann/not-less-but-more-democracy-that-is-the-demand-that-is-the-great-goal/)

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