Mankind advances only through struggle.

A Shakespeare could have arisen only on English soil. In the same way, your great dramatists and poets express the nature and essence of the Norwegian people, but they also express that which is universally valid for all mankind.

The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally.

A people that has experienced all that the Germans have been through, naturally offers fertile soil for the extremists.

Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are part of our common cultural heritage.

Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany and helped shape her, recognize the greatness and worthiness of present-day Germany.