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Morally it makes no difference whether a person is killed in war or condemned to starve by the indifference of others.
Nichts kommt von selbst. Und nur wenig ist von Dauer. Darum - besinnt Euch auf Eure Kraft und darauf, dass jede Zeit eigene Antworten will und man auf ihrer Höhe zu sein hat, wenn Gutes bewirkt werden soll."
("Nothing happens automatically. And only few things last. Therefore - be mindful of your strength, and of the fact that every era wants its own answers, and you have to be up to its speed in order to be able to do good.")
Message to the Socialist International Congress in Berlin, September 15, 1992
One has to keep in mind the countless human tragedies that played out in these days. Through the middle of a city, where several thousand connections existed daily, despite administrative division, the concrete pillars were driven into the border, which was expanded like a Chinese wall.
Jetzt sind wir in einer Situation, in der wieder zusammenwächst, was zusammengehört."
("Now we are in a situation where what belongs together, will grow back together.")
Berlin radio interview, November 10, 1989 [the day after the de facto abolition of intra-German border controls by the East German government]
Peace is something more than the absence of war, although some nations would be thankful for that alone today. A durable and equitable peace system requires equal development opportunities for all nations.
Peace, like freedom, is no original state which existed from the start; we shall have to make it, in the truest sense of the word.
It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it.
Wo Hunger herrscht, ist auf die Dauer kein Friede."
("Where there is hunger, there cannot be lasting peace.)
Speech before the United Nations General Assembly, September 26, 1973
