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Gustav Heinemann Quotes

The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.

Gustav Heinemann

The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.

Tags: peace

Disarmament requires trust.

Gustav Heinemann

Disarmament requires trust.

Tags: trust

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Gustav Walter Heinemann (German: [ˈɡʊsta(ː)f ˈhaɪnəman] ; 23 July 1899 – 7 July 1976) was a German politician who was President of West Germany from 1969 to 1974. He served as mayor of Essen from 1946 to 1949, West German Minister of the Interior from 1949 to 1950, and Minister of Justice from 1966 to 1969.

The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.

Gustav Heinemann

The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.

Tags: peace

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

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.

Tags: trust, only, prepared, cannot

One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.

Gustav Heinemann

One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.

Tags: trust

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

Gustav Heinemann

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

Tags: insecurity, better, order

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...

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 rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to...

Tags: peace

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

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.

Tags: freedom, economic

Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.

Gustav Heinemann

Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.

Tags: peace