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Richard von Weizsaecker

Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker (German: [fɔn ˈvaɪt͡szɛkɐ] ( listen); 15 April 1920 – 31 January 2015) was a German politician (CDU), who served as President of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany until 1990) from 1984 to 1994. Born into the aristocratic Weizsäcker family, he took his first public offices in the Evangelical Church in Germany.

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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.

Gmos, Guilty, Past, Subsequently, Undone, Young

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.

Away, Became, Holocaust, Responsibility, Truth, War

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.

Confronted, Doe, Generations, Injustice, Lets, Tasks

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

Air, Beer, Happy, Pure

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.

Belongs, Democracy, Discussion, Freedom, Respecting, Way Forward

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

Longer, Lying, Redemption, Remembrance, Secret, Seeking

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

Inhumanity, Refuses, Remember, Risk, Risks, Uprising

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