War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser; rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves.
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Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.Gustav Heinemann
I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.
Gustav Heinemann
Ladies and gentlemen, I take office at a time in which the world is living in extreme contradictions.
Gustav Heinemann
Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.
Gustav Heinemann
Therefore, all of us are called upon to realize, with increasing effort, the demands of the Basic Law for extending social democracy.
Gustav Heinemann
In this life of ours we remain directed toward the relative utopia of a better world, and sensibly this can be the only model for our action.
Gustav Heinemann
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