Nothing in the reporting of a nation's history could so mislead the younger generation as to represent great events in such a way that they appear to have happened as a matter of course. — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
This old Germany was partly defeated in its conflict with the progressive ideas of socialism, for it had given the people nothing that could serve as a successful alternative to socialism. — 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
