Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Richard von Weizsaecker

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Last updated on November 23, 2024.

Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German politician (CDU), who served as President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. Born into the aristocratic Weizsäcker family, who were part of the German nobility, he took his first public offices in the Evangelical Church in Germany.

German - Politician | April 15, 1920 - January 31, 2015

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All of us, whether guilty or not, whether old or young, must accept the past. It is not a case of coming to terms with the past. That is not possible. It cannot be subsequently modified or undone.

Richard von Weizsaecker

Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance.

Richard von Weizsaecker

Whoever refuses to remember the inhumanity is prone to new risks of infection.

Richard von Weizsaecker

Every generation is confronted anew with the task not to look the other way when injustice occurs. ... Everyone is responsible for what he does and co-responsible for what he lets happen.

Richard von Weizsaecker

Democracy feeds on argument, on the discussion as to the right way forward. This is the reason why respecting the opinion of others belongs to democracy.

Richard von Weizsaecker

We could be happy if the air was as pure as beer.

Richard von Weizsaecker

There were many ways of not burdening one's conscience, of shunning responsibility, looking away, keeping mum. When the unspeakable truth of the Holocaust then became known at the end of the war, all too many of us claimed that they had not known anything about it or even suspected anything.

Richard von Weizsaecker

Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Richard von Weizsaecker

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