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A people that has experienced all that the Germans have been through, naturally offers fertile soil for the extremists.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Been
Experienced
Extremists
Fertile
Germans
Naturally
Offers
People
Soil
Through
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A Shakespeare could have arisen only on English soil. In the same way, your great dramatists and poets express the nature and essence of the Norwegian people, but they also express that which is universally valid for all mankind.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Also
Arisen
Could
English
Essence
Express
Great
Mankind
Nature
Norwegian
Only
People
Poets
Same
Shakespeare
Soil
Universally
Valid
Way
Which
Your
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As a confirmed individualist I certainly do not wish to underrate the influence of the individual, for the masses do not lead the individual; rather, in the individual is vested the capacity to lead the masses.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Capacity
Certainly
Confirmed
Individual
Individualist
Influence
Lead
Masses
Rather
Vested
Wish
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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.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Army
Became
Become
Civil
Civil Servants
Class
Consequence
Corps
Did
Generation
Germany
Officer
Officers
Old
Part
Servants
Terms
Treaty
Versailles
Who
Would
Younger
Younger Generation
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As a result of the World War, this old Germany collapsed. It collapsed in its constitution, in its social order, in its economic structure. Its thinking and feeling changed.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Changed
Collapsed
Constitution
Economic
Feeling
Germany
Old
Order
Result
Social
Social Order
Structure
Thinking
War
World
World War
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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.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Also
Before
Between
Change
Does
Haste
Individual
Just
Life
More
Nation
Nations
Our
Place
Rapidly
Relationships
Restlessness
Takes
Than
Typical
Within
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Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are part of our common cultural heritage.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Background
Both
Common
Context
Cultural
Divorced
German
Heritage
Italian
Only
Our
Part
Thought
Understood
Unthinkable
Within
Would
Would-Be
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During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Battle
Few
Foreign
Foreign Policy
German
Hard
Led
Past
Past Few Years
Policy
Sometimes
Years
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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.
~ Gustav Stresemann
He
Him
Himself
Left
Means
Peace
Position
Power
Preservation
Resigning
Secured
Vanquished
Victor
Which
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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 Stresemann
Come
Concepts
Conflicting
Cooperation
Encounter
Grips
Here
Idea
International
International Cooperation
Must
National
Our
Our Time
Solidarity
Time
Two
Which
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Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Assets
Colonization
End
Frequently
Germany
Historians
Individuals
Loss
Lost
Meaning
More
Most
Nothing
Often
Overlook
Participation
See
Serious
State
Still
Suffered
Territories
Than
War
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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.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Different
Evolution
His
History
Individual
Man
Measure
Only
Own
Ready
Time
Too
Unit
Uses
Whereas
Yardstick
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I must begin by saying something about the old Germany. That Germany, too, suffered from superficial judgment, because appearances and reality were not always kept apart in people's minds.
~ Gustav Stresemann
About
Always
Apart
Appearances
Because
Begin
Germany
Judgment
Kept
Minds
Must
Old
People
Reality
Saying
Something
Suffered
Superficial
Too
Were
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If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Accused
Advocate
Analyze
Being
Bias
Easier
Experiences
First
Hope
May
Peace
Postwar
Reactions
Say
Seeks
Than
Vanquished
Victor
Without
Years
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In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Alive
Desire
Every
Every Man
Future
Heroes
Incompatible
Man
Memories
Memory
Past
Peace
Struggles
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Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Child
Despise
Even
Father
Faults
German
Germany
Greatness
He
Him
His
Just
Old
Once
Respects
Symbol
Weaknesses
Which
Will
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Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany and helped shape her, recognize the greatness and worthiness of present-day Germany.
~ Gustav Stresemann
British
Despite
England
Faults
Germans
Germany
Greatness
Helped
Her
Insist
Just
Loves
Must
Old
Part
Recognize
Shape
Subject
Were
Who
Worthiness
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Just as the child is father to the man, so the impressions of one's youth remain the most vivid in manhood.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Child
Father
Impressions
Just
Man
Manhood
Most
Remain
Vivid
Youth
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Mankind advances only through struggle.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Advances
Mankind
Only
Struggle
Through
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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.
~ Gustav Stresemann
Alter
Balance
Change
Class
Contributing
Determination
Excluded
General
Parties
Political
Political Parties
Responsibility
Sharing
Should
State
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Gustav Stresemann
Profession
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BirthDate
10 May, 1878
DeathDate
03 October, 1929
Country
Germany
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