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 international cooperation.
Gustav StresemannAs 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.
Gustav StresemannA people that has experienced all that the Germans have been through, naturally offers fertile soil for the extremists.
Gustav StresemannTo walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy - this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation.
Gustav Stresemann