Logo
Quote by Gustav Stresemann
For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of pow

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

Other quotes by Gustav Stresemann

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

Category:
Hope
Author
Gustav Stresemann
Read Quote

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

Category:
Future
Author
Gustav Stresemann
Read Quote

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. – Gustav Stresemann

Category:
Beauty
Author
Gustav Stresemann
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Peace
category

The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple people everywhere. It casts a light of peace and reason upon us all and for that I am especially grateful. – George Wald

Category:
Peace

For me, peace should provide security to the Jewish people. – Ariel Sharon

Category:
Peace

Some people suggest that the problem is the separation of powers. If you had a parliamentary system, the struggle for power would not result in such complex peace treaties that empower so many different people to pursue so many contradictory aims. – James Q. Wilson

Category:
Peace

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. – Mahatma Gandhi

Category:
Peace

Random Quotes

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that were damned if were going to show. – Mignon McLaughlin

Category:
strength

Have you got the birds to play badminton? – Sporting joke

Category:
Badminton

And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television. – Harvey Fierstein

Category:
movies

Despite what the pundits want us to think, contested primaries arent civil war, they are democracy at work, and thats beautiful. – Sarah Palin

Category:
War