During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action. — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share
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
If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share
In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share
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… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share
