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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 kept apart in people's minds. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#always #apart #appearances #because #begin

In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#desire #every #every man #future #heroes

Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany and helped shape her, recognize the greatness and worthiness of present-day Germany. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#despite #england #faults #germans #germany

Just as the child is father to the man, so the impressions of one's youth remain the most vivid in manhood. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#father #impressions #just #man #manhood

Mankind advances only through struggle. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#mankind #only #struggle #through

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

#could #course #events #generation #great

Nothing is more misleading to the youth of a nation than to state the outcome immediately after the beginning as if nothing could have taken place in between. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#beginning #between #could #immediately #misleading

The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#courtesy #denied #germany #long #long time

To contrast national solidarity and international cooperation as two opposites seems foolish to me. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#cooperation #foolish #international #international cooperation #me

To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy - this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#envy #give #individual #nation #others