Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.

In this life of ours we remain directed toward the relative utopia of a better world, and sensibly this can be the only model for our action.

Disarmament requires trust.

I have left the federal government and the German Bundestag; I have resigned from all my positions in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

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

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

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.