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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. "

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" 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. "

" When people come to write about my period of office, I would be very happy if they say that I made a contribution to finding the happy medium again for the Germans. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I ask myself where Germany stands today and where it wants to go. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" We all need Europe, not just those of us in Europe. And we Germans need Europe more than the others. Germany is the country with the longest border, the most neighbours, and is, by population and economic strength, the number one in Europe. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" We humans have an abyss inside us. The more power people have, the greater the danger. "

" You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" I like everything that makes you fat. "

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

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

" Political life is like this - elections go back and forth. Representative democracy can only be successful if one sits down and says, 'That's it. I will connect myself,' - as I did - 'connect my existence to a political project.' Then you automatically have in your party a lot of people who say, 'If that fails, so do I'. "