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> [During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/during-the-past-few-years-i-have-led-a-sometimes-hard-battle-for/)

[Gustav Stresemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-stresemann/)

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## More by Gustav Stresemann

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/the-economic-position-is-only-flourishing-on-the-surface-germany-is/)

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> [Nothing is more misleading to the youth of a nation than to state the outcome immediately after the beginning as if nothing could have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/nothing-is-more-misleading-to-the-youth-of-a-nation-than-to-state-the/)

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> [For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/for-the-victor-peace-means-the-preservation-of-the-position-of-power/)

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> [Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/historians-still-often-see-the-end-of-the-war-as-meaning-nothing-more/)

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> [A Shakespeare could have arisen only on English soil. In the same way, your great dramatists and poets express the nature and essence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/a-shakespeare-could-have-arisen-only-on-english-soil-in-the-same-way/)

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> [Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/just-as-the-british-subject-loves-england-despite-her-faults-so-we/)

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> [As a consequence of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the officer corps of the old army became part of this class, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/as-a-consequence-of-the-terms-of-the-treaty-of-versailles-the-officer/)

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> [I must begin by saying something about the old Germany. That Germany, too, suffered from superficial judgment, because appearances and reality were not always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/i-must-begin-by-saying-something-about-the-old-germany-that-germany/)

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> [Voices were heard from the United States of America which made it clear that America wanted a peaceful and united Europe as a basis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/voices-were-heard-from-the-united-states-of-america-which-made-it/)

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> [History uses a unit of measure for time that is different from that of the lifespan of the individual, whereas man is only too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/history-uses-a-unit-of-measure-for-time-that-is-different-from-that/)

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> [The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/the-history-of-nations-shows-that-words-are-not-always-immediately/)

[Gustav Stresemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-stresemann/)

> [As a confirmed individualist I certainly do not wish to underrate the influence of the individual, for the masses do not lead the individual;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/as-a-confirmed-individualist-i-certainly-do-not-wish-to-underrate-the/)

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> [If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/if-one-seeks-to-analyze-experiences-and-reactions-to-the-first/)

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> [In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/in-every-man-the-memory-of-the-struggles-and-the-heroes-of-the-past/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/nothing-in-the-reporting-of-a-nation-s-history-could-so-mislead-the/)

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