Essence Quote 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,…

— Gustav Stresemann

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action.

— 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;…

— Gustav Stresemann

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