15 Gustav Stresemann Quotes for You to Enjoy

Gustav Stresemann

German Politician

Born: May 10, 1878

Died: Oct 3, 1929

Great Nation Nothing Old People Which

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As a result of the World War, this old Germany collapsed. It collapsed in its constitution, in its social order, in its economic structure. Its thinking and feeling changed. Gustav Stresemann

War Constitution World Result Old Feeling Thinking Changed Collapsed Structure Economic Germany Order Social Social Order World War

But just as haste and restlessness are typical of our present-day life, so change also takes place more rapidly than before. This applies to change in the relationships between nations as it does to change within an individual nation. Gustav Stresemann

Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are part of our common cultural heritage. Gustav Stresemann

Thought Heritage Our Background Dante Would Would-Be Only Both Part Divorced Unthinkable Within Context Understood Italian Cultural German Common

Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered. Gustav Stresemann

War Lost Nothing State See More Colonization Individuals Participation Most Territories Frequently Overlook Still Loss Historians End Germany Than Often Meaning Serious Suffered Assets

History uses a unit of measure for time that is different from that of the lifespan of the individual, whereas man is only too ready to measure the evolution of history by his own yardstick. Gustav Stresemann

Time History Man Own Too Evolution Only Individual Ready Yardstick His Different Whereas Measure Uses Unit

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

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

No change in the balance of political parties can alter the general determination that no class should be excluded from contributing to and sharing responsibility for the state. Gustav Stresemann

Class Change Balance Determination Political Responsibility State General Sharing Excluded Parties Alter Political Parties Contributing Should

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

Great History Generation Events Matter Nation Nothing Way Could Mislead Course Reporting Represent Happened Younger Younger Generation Such A Way Appear

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

Youth Nation Beginning Nothing State Immediately Outcome More Could Taken Misleading Between Than After In-Between Place

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

Conflict Socialism People Old Nothing Progressive Given Could Had Ideas Partly Alternative Germany Successful Serve Defeated

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