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

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

" Our shared historical experiences led myself and Mitterrand to the decision that we must do everything to prevent further wars. "

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

" 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. "

" In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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" My childhood ended in 1942. I was 12, and for the next three years, I lived under incessant bombings. It was a life of constant fear. "

" 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. "

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

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

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" Nations with a common currency never went to war against each other. A common currency is more than the money you pay with. "

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