Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

“Gymnastics is not only an art and a science, but a popular necessity and a national concern.”

“Frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei.”

“The preservation of the Turnerschaft is a holy matter to me.”

“The human race is a single vast body, of which the nations are the members.”

“A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.”

“The <strong class="highlight">fatherlandstrong> wants to see its sons strong in body and soul.”

“The youth is the future of the nation.”

“Only what a man is in himself, what he has accomplished for himself, has a true and lasting value.”