The spirit of the National Assembly was not our spirit... On that account we stood for and still stand for the old flag of the Reich. On that account we hold fast to the memory of our glorious army and our fleet that we have now passed away, and of the pioneers of German colonisation, whose civilising influence was greater than that of other nations that now dispute our right to any colonial activity.


Speech to the Congress of the People's Party in Hanover (March 1924), quoted in W. M. Knight-Patterson, Germany. From Defeat to Conquest 1913-1933 (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1945), pp. 346-347.

Gustav Stresemann Quotes

The spirit of the National Assembly was not our spirit... On that account we stood for and still stand for the old flag of the Reich. On that account ...

The spirit of the National Assembly was not our spirit... On that account we stood for and still stand for the old flag of the Reich. On that account ...

The spirit of the National Assembly was not our spirit... On that account we stood for and still stand for the old flag of the Reich. On that account ...

The spirit of the National Assembly was not our spirit... On that account we stood for and still stand for the old flag of the Reich. On that account ...