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 think…

- Gustav Stresemann

The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against oppositi…

- Gustav Stresemann

Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a s…

- Gustav Stresemann

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 th…

- Gustav Stresemann

Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of internationa…

- Gustav Stresemann

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

- 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 the posit…

- Gustav Stresemann

Mankind advances only through struggle.

- 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, a large s…

- Gustav Stresemann