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

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

No change in the balance of political parties can alter the general determination that no class should be excluded from contributing to and sharing responsibility for the state.

History uses a unit of measure for time that is different from that of the lifespan of the individual, whereas man is only too ready to measure the evolution of history by his own yardstick.

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

As a consequence of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the officer corps of the old army became part of this class, as did that part of the younger generation who, in the old Germany, would have become officers or civil servants.

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 position left to him.