Just as the child is father to the man, so the impressions of one's youth remain the most vivid in manhood.

The concept of active cooperation has taken the place of opposition to the new form of government and of dreamy resignation entranced with the beauty of times past.

Just as the child is father to the man, so the impressions of one's youth remain the most vivid in manhood.

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 the future.

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

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 section of our economy would collapse.

The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action.