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" I experienced Nazism as a child. Like many of my generation, I was motivated by the desire to prevent another war at any price. "

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" Where is Germany now and where does it want to go? It's a question being asked by our partners and allies abroad. We have to return - urgently - to our old dependability. We have to make clear for others what we stand for, where we're headed, and that we know where we belong. "

" Where there is no will, no rules or laws can help. "

" We Germans have learned from history. We are a peace-loving, freedom-loving people. There is only one place for us in the world: at the side of the free nations. "

" If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events. "

" In German history, we don't have many reasons to be proud. "

" I knew that I could never win a referendum in Germany. We would have lost a referendum on the introduction of the euro. That's quite clear. I would have lost, and by seven to three. "

" Two decisions have damaged the stability both of the euro and of Europe: the premature admission of Greece to the euro area and the breach and subsequent weakening of the stability and growth pact. "

" George Bush was for me the most important ally on the road to German unity. "

" When I was elected to head the German government, I was fortunate enough to find a partner in Francois Mitterrand. "

" Germany is our fatherland; Europe is our future. "

" German and European unification are two sides of the same coin. "

" Solitary decisions, no matter how well-founded they may appear to individuals, must belong to the past - along with national, unilateralist action. "

" Europe has, to put it mildly, been in a poor state since the transition to the 21st century. This is down to national issues, European missteps, and an economic and financial crisis that crashed down on us with enough force to dislodge the essential European idea. "

" It was a stroke of luck that there were about four to six leaders in power in the mid-'80s who really trusted one another and could really make things happen. "

" The Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation. "

" For me it is completely clear that our air bases in Germany would be available to the Americans. "

" We were united not only by political respect for each other, but also by deep mutual sympathy as people. "

" There must be no question for us that we in the European Union and the eurozone stand by Greece in solidarity. "

" I have been underestimated for decades. I have done very well that way. "

" The army is under orders to defend every place. "

" I have every reason, despite the resentment and exasperation, to be proud. I have nothing better to be proud of than being proud of German unity. "

" I have made a very good living, for more than 30 years, by being underestimated. "

" The most important rule of the new Europe is: There must never again be violence in Europe. "

" Isolated decisions, however well-founded they might seem to the individual, and national go-it-alone moves must belong to the past. They should not be the 21st-century method of choice, particularly because the consequences of the European community's actions must often be carried collectively. "

" As a German, in view of the history of World War II and the terrible deeds of the Nazi period, I feel a special obligation to help as much as I can to develop European-Israeli relations and thus contribute to ensuring Israel's future and existence. "

" Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so. "

" If a Chancellor is trying to push something through, he must be a man of power. And if he's smart, he knows when the time is ripe. In one case - the euro - I was like a dictator... The euro is a synonym for Europe. "

" People in Tel Aviv can not imagine, but in 1990, here in Leipzig or Dresden, whoever wanted to buy a car had to wait 14 years. The East Germans worked like people in the West, but the fruits of their labor were harvested by a criminal regime. "

" Peace must be more than the absence of war. "

" Gorbachev's legacy is that he called time on communism, partially against his will, but in fact, he finished it off. Without violence. Without bloodshed. Beyond that, I am struggling to think of much else in terms of real legacy. "