Richard von Weizsaecker Quotes

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

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  Uprising   Risk   Remember  

  Sang-Jin Han, Kim Dae-Jung, Richard Von Weizsaecker (2015). “Divided Nations and Transitional Justice: What Germany, Japan and South Korea Can Teach the World”, p.282, Routledge

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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.

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  Past   Gmos   Guilty  

  Sang-Jin Han, Kim Dae-Jung, Richard Von Weizsaecker (2015). “Divided Nations and Transitional Justice: What Germany, Japan and South Korea Can Teach the World”, p.59, Routledge

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• 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.

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  War   Responsibility   Holocaust  

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• 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.

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  Doe   Tasks   Generations  

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• 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.

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  Freedom   Way Forward   Democracy  

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

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  Lying   Remembrance   Secret  

  Sang-Jin Han, Kim Dae-Jung, Richard Von Weizsaecker (2015). “Divided Nations and Transitional Justice: What Germany, Japan and South Korea Can Teach the World”, p.60, Routledge

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

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  Beer   Air   Pure  

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