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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
Time
Two
Solidarity
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" Mankind advances only through struggle. "
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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. "
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" The concept of active cooperation has taken the place of opposition to the new form of government and of dreamy resignation entranced with the beauty of times past. "
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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. "
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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. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" A people that has experienced all that the Germans have been through, naturally offers fertile soil for the extremists. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy. "
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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. "
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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. "
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