Gustav Heinemann Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“We have to recognize that the freedom of the individual has to be protected not only from the power of the state, but even more so from economic and societal power.”

“Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society.”

“The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.”

“Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, I take office at a time in which the world is living in extreme contradictions.”

“Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.”

“The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.”

“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.”