But just as haste and restlessness are typical of our present-day life, so change also takes place more rapidly than before. This applies to change in the relationships between nations as it does to change within an individual nation.

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

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

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.

During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.

Voices were heard from the United States of America which made it clear that America wanted a peaceful and united Europe as a basis for mutual cooperation.

Mankind advances only through struggle.