“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”