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.

The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally.

To 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.

A people that has experienced all that the Germans have been through, naturally offers fertile soil for the extremists.

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.

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

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.