Richard von Weizsaecker Quotes

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

  Richard von Weizsaecker

  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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• 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.

  Richard von Weizsaecker

  Doe, Tasks, Generations

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• La democracia se alimenta de argumentos, de la discusión sobre el camino correcto a seguir. Esta es la razón por la que respetar la opinión de los demás pertenece a la democracia.

  Richard von Weizsaecker

  Freedom, Way Forward, Democracy

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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.

  Richard von Weizsaecker

  War, Responsibility, Holocaust

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

  Richard von Weizsaecker

  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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• Todos, culpables o no, viejos o jóvenes, debemos aceptar el pasado. No se trata de aceptar el pasado. Eso no es posible. No puede modificarse ni deshacerse posteriormente.

  Richard von Weizsaecker

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

  Richard von Weizsaecker

  Beer, Air, Pure

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