Willy Brandt Quotes & Sayings

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 — Willy Brandt

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. — Willy Brandt

The New World Order is a world that has a supernational authority to regulate world commerce and industry; an international organization that would control the production and consumption of oil; an international currency that would replace the dollar; a World Development Fund that would make funds available to free and Communist nations alike; and an international police force to enforce the edicts of the New World Order. — Willy Brandt

Walls in people's heads are sometimes more durable than walls made of concrete blocks. — Willy Brandt

Peace is not everything, but without peace, everything is nothing. — Willy Brandt

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. — Willy Brandt

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. — Willy Brandt

You may buy from me in your own language, but sell to me in mine. — Willy Brandt

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it. — Willy Brandt

Morally it makes no difference whether a person is killed in war or condemned to starve by the indifference of others. — Willy Brandt