Richard von Weizsaecker Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance.”
-- Richard von Weizsaecker

#Lying #Remembrance #Secret
“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

#War #Responsibility #Holocaust
“We could be happy if the air was as pure as beer.”
-- Richard von Weizsaecker

#Beer #Air
“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

#Freedom #Democracy #Way
“Whoever refuses to remember the inhumanity is prone to new risks of infection.”
-- Richard von Weizsaecker

#Risk #Remember #Infection
“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

#Past #Guilty #Accepting

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