Quotes by Johannes Rau

About Johannes Rau:

Johannes Rau was a German politician of the SPD. He was President of Germany from 1 July 1999 until 30 June 2004, and Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 1998.
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But it is equally necessary to consider the implications for a society if there are fewer and fewer young people making music because we are economising on music schools or musical education in schools.

Johannes Rau

Education is more than Pisa. Particularly musical education. We also need education and training for more than reasons of usefulness and marketability.

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But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.

Johannes Rau

A hundred years ago, of course, the question that the German Composers' Co-operative asked itself sounded a lot more fundamental: How do you create a fair share for those who ensure that works can actually be performed at all?

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Certainly the interest in asserting copyright is a justified one.

Johannes Rau

I understand the worries of many - not only here in this auditorium -, and some have already written to me to say that technical progress has lowered the threshold that stops people from helping themselves to protected works without the slightest emb...

Johannes Rau

We must prepare the ground for creativity. And if this also gives rise later to success in the economic sense, success in terms of Euros and Cents, this will by no means reduce my joy.

Johannes Rau

A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid the foundation stone for the joint assertion of their rights and interests, they had pioneering work ahead of them in...

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Author Bio

  • NameJohannes Rau
  • DescriptionPresident of Germany
  • BornJanuary 16, 1931
  • DiedJanuary 27, 2006
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionPolitician
  • AwardsLeo-Baeck-Medal; Honorary Citizen Of Berlin; Order Of Merit Of North Rhine-Westphalia; Order Of Isabella The Catholic; Ring Of Honour Of The City Wuppertal; Orden Wider Den Tierischen Ernst; Olympic Order; Order Of The White Eagle; Order Of The White Lion; European Hancraft Prize