Gustav Heinemann Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Gustav Heinemann:
One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today's reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails additional steps in the direction of a better reality.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
Disarmament requires trust.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
Ladies and gentlemen, I take office at a time in which the world is living in extreme contradictions.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
We have to recognize that the freedom of the individual has to be protected not only from the power of the state, but even more so from economic and societal power.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great - far too great - expectations.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser; rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.
~Gustav Heinemann
Link:
Share:
Permalink:
Browse: