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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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'. "

" As a child, I personally didn't really get to know any Jews. I was eight years old when the Night of Broken Glass happened. And Ludwigshafen was purely a workers' city, so we didn't have a very big Jewish community. What I did know about the Jews, I heard from my mother. My mother was very much pro-Jewish. "

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

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

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