Angela Merkel
Spying among friends is never acceptable.
Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together.
The way I lived my life, I truly wasn't an active resistance fighter.
I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it just happened. It was bad luck. In that situation, you need to be very strong psychologically to carry on.
I come from a country in which I experienced economic collapse.
In many regions, war and terror prevail. States disintegrate. For many years, we have read about this. We have heard about it. We have seen it on TV. But we had not yet sufficiently understood that what happens in Aleppo and Mosul can affect Essen or Stuttgart. We have to face that now.
I've spoken several times with Prime Minister Erdogan about relations between Turkey and Israel. I'm pleased that, following President Obama's visit to Israel, talks between Israel and Turkey are again taking place and hope that relations between them will further improve in the interest of both countries.
There are achievements of European integration that cannot be haggled over: for example the principle of free movement and the principle of non-discrimination.
Whenever you have political conflict, such as the one that we have now between Russia and Ukraine, but also in many other conflicts around the world, it has always proved to be right to try again and again to solve such a conflict.
For me, it is always important that I go through all the possible options for a decision.
This inclination to hoard is deeply ingrained in me because in the past, in times of scarcity, you took what you could get.
I might bend, but I will NEVER break because it's in my nature as a strong woman.Collection: Strong Women
Freedom does not mean being free of something, but to be free to do something.Collection: Mean
To exclude groups of people because of their faith, this isn't worthy of the free state in which we live. It isn't compatible with our essential values. And its humanly reprehensible, xenophobia, racism, extremism have no place here. We are fighting to ensure that they don't have a place elsewhere either.Collection: Xenophobia
Look forward to the future and look forward to the unknown. Nothing stays the same and people change. One day that hurt and pain will be a distant memory.Collection: Hurt
I never underestimated myself. And I never saw anything wrong with ambition.Collection: Badass
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.Collection: Way
A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.Collection: Inspiring
I am thankful for all the hard times I've been through and all the tears I've cried because that has put me as closer to God and made me the strong woman I am today!Collection: Strong Women
Don't get bitter and twisted and nasty by life. You may have been wronged or cheated on; two wrongs never make a right. Instead learn your mistakes and learn your lessons. Remain strong with your head held high.Collection: Strong
Ladies, it is not your education, status or personality that has brought you here but the elegance of God which was still and still working upon you.Collection: Women
Freedom is the very essence of our economy and society. Without freedom the human mind is prevented from unleashing its creative force. But what is also clear is that this freedom does not stand alone. It is freedom in responsibility and freedom to exercise responsibility.Collection: Responsibility
We will take care of every single person in our society. That is our task.Collection: Tasks
We must never forget our responsibilities as politicians to our country and its citizens. We must always remain humble before our people.Collection: Country
...climate change is accelerating. It threatens our well being, our security, and our economic development. It will lead to uncontrollable risks and dramatic damage if we do not take resolute countermeasures.Collection: Risk
I am thankful for the way I was raised, to be positive. Even when times have gotten rough I have always tried to look on the bright side. Even when I was put down, yelled at and made feel insignificant, I still thought things were alright. I did realize when enough is enough.Collection: Women
We Europeans must really take our destiny into our own hands, of course in friendship with the United States, in friendship with Great Britain, with other neighbors wherever possible, also with Russia. But we must know that we need to fight for our future ourselves, as Europeans, for our destiny.Collection: Fighting
There's a rumour going around that states cannot go bankrupt. This rumour is not true.Collection: States
If you want to be constructive in politics, the less you look back, the better. If you do look back, then it can only be to learn for yourself through the events that have taken place.Collection: Taken
No bank should be allowed to become so big that it can blackmail governments.Collection: Government
I believe that we will move forward a little tomorrow but I have my doubts that we will achieve a result.Collection: Believe
Don't get bogged down by life and other people's problems or hang ups.Collection: Women
One can remain more sure-footed by taking small steps, but perhaps achieve greater speed by taking bigger steps. Of course, one also runs the risk of setting out in a completely erroneous direction. Surely the important thing isn't the length of our steps, but that the objective is clear.Collection: Running
Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century.Collection: Challenges
Neither the chains of dictatorship nor the fetters of oppression can keep down the forces of freedom for long.Collection: Women
Democracy must be our answer to terrorismCollection: Inspiring
Budget consolidation and economic growth are two sides of the same coin.Collection: Two Sides
I am not here for women only, but also for women.Collection: Women
Trying to keep a society together, trying to keep the older and the younger people together, trying to keep those who live in rural areas together with those who live in cities is one of the most important and most noble tasks of politicians these days.Collection: Cities
It's not five minutes to midnight. It's five minutes after midnight.Collection: Midnight
We have freedom to demonstrate in Germany, but there is no place for incitement and insulting people who come to us from other countries.Collection: Country
I don't believe you are simply born with the ambition of becoming chancellor. But if you want to make a difference, if you enjoy putting ideas into practice, then the post of chancellor has to be the one presenting the biggest opportunity of all.Collection: Believe
I still believe in the old fashioned ways of showing a woman Respect and Honor!!Collection: Women
Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people. Terror was brought to many countries on his direct orders and in his name, against men, women and children, Christians and Muslims. Osama Bin Laden claimed to be acting in the name of Islam, but in reality he made a mockery of the basic values of his and all other religions.Collection: Christian
I am courageous at the decisive moment. But I need a good deal of start-up time, and I try to take as much as possible into consideration beforehand.Collection: Trying
As the head of the government, it is my responsibility to make the overriding political goals and relationships more clear. Part of the reason the public didn't understand some of the reforms enacted during the past legislative period was that there was far too much talk about the details, while the general picture often remained invisible.Collection: Responsibility
History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom. It moved people to overcome their fears and openly confront dictators such as in East Germany and Eastern Europe about 22 years ago... The yearning for freedom cannot be contained by walls for long. It was this yearning that brought down the Iron Curtain that divided Germany and Europe, and indeed the world, into two blocs.Collection: Wall
The digital world creates situation where there are no secrets anymore.Collection: Secret
We think of cannabis as a drug, in accordance with international opinions. This means that even consuming small amounts can lead to very severe dependence. With alcohol or cigarettes however, sensibly limited consumption does not bear the risk of immediate addictiveness as this is the case with cannabis according to our opinion. With alcohol there surely is an element of a tradition. However, enjoyed in moderation, as supplement to a meal for example, alcohol is not something that causes immediate dependence. Still, there is a great need for prevention and information in this matter.Collection: Mean