Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.

- Gustav Heinemann

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; ra…

- Gustav Heinemann

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 …

- Gustav Heinemann

Disarmament requires trust.

- Gustav Heinemann

The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails…

- Gustav Heinemann

Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order.

- Gustav Heinemann

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 disarmamen…

- Gustav Heinemann

Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.

- Gustav Heinemann

Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.

- Gustav Heinemann