2023 - The most memorable Quotes of the year

Our world has become more restless and rough; it is changing at a breathtaking pace. We also cope with headwinds. This does not make the challenges of our time any smaller.

A two-state solution is the only way to guarantee the long-term security of both the Israeli and the Palestinian people.
To make sure Israelis and Palestinians alike live in equal measure of freedom and dignity, we will not give up on working towards that goal.

Jewish communities are warning their members to avoid specific places for their own safety - today, here in Germany, almost 80 years after the Holocaust.

There is no justification for terrorism. My commitment to Israel's security and the safety of Jewish people is unshakable. The United States has Israel's back.

Terror will not win, hatred will not prevail. Israel has every right to defend and to protect itself and its citizens. In this dark hour, Germany and France stand firmly by Israel's side.

I don't know for a fact what happened, but I'm not surprised. There's not much that happens in Russia that Putin is not behind.

The special military operation was done for the purpose of "denazification," while we've made Ukraine into a nation that's known throughout the world. They're like the Greeks or the Romans at their peaks. And as far as "demilitarization," if they had some 500 tanks at the start of the special military operation, now they have 5,000. If they had 20,000 capable fighters before, now they have 400,000. What kind of demilitarization is that? Now it looks more like we did the opposite, somehow or other, and militarized Ukraine.

I'm glad to announce that President Erdogan has agreed to forward the accession protocol for Sweden to the grand national assembly as soon as possible.

We welcome Finland as the newest member of our alliance. We will raise the Finnish flag for the first time here at the NATO headquarters. 31 flags flying together as a symbol of unity and our solidarity.

Please don't create any review videos for 2022 - going through it once was enough for me.

I have just been to Buckingham Palace and accepted His Majesty The King's invitation to form a government in his name.

The fun is over! Italy will start defending its own national interests.

I find it necessary to support the proposal of the Defence Ministry on partial mobilisation in the Russian Federation to defend our Motherland, and to ensure the safety of our people.

I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country.

I have just accepted Her Majesty The Queen's kind invitation to form a new government.

My fellow Americans, on Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully concluded an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed the emir of al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was deeply involved in the planning of 9/11.

We commend Taiwan for being one of the freest societies in the world.

In the past months since February 24th, we had to realize that aggressive rhetoric can lead to dangerous actions. China's rhetoric about Taiwan is concerning.

I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world.

We all know that Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective. We want them to live with us for the European dream.

Congrats to the Kansas City Chiefs, MVP Patrick Mahomes, Coach Reid, Travis Kelce, Chris Jones, Mecole Hardman, and the rest of the champs for another Lombardi Trophy. Grace under pressure.

"Oh man, what a year it was!"
"Dude, it's mid January."

Covid infection in 2020:
Oh my God! Get well soon! Tell me when you need anything! Take all the time you need to recover!

Covid infection in 2024:
Okay, see you at work tomorrow.

The host of the EURO 2024 will be... Germany!

The year 2024, a chapter of change. Moments of joy woven into the fabric of time. We carry experiences like pearls on a string. Amid challenges and victories, the essence takes shape, lingering in our hearts. May the upcoming year bestow upon us wisdom and hope.

A new year, light awakes,
2024, time partakes.
Moments dance, a constant flow,
In change, a gentle blow.

In the year 2024, may our deeds be like good seeds. Days unfold like psalms of possibility. Let us walk in unity and reap the harvest of love. May the year teach us that true abundance lies in community.

2024, the year of futuristic challenges. Breakfast debates with robots and selfie drones as pets. The time machine is still in the workshop, but hey, at least we have talking plants now! Cheers to a year full of quirky innovations.

Year 2024, a glimpse in time,
What do you hold, what's your paradigm?
In your days of splendor and might,
Wonders await us, day and night.

Innovations changing the world's design,
Technology empowering, sustaining, and fine.
The air so clean, the earth so green,
A new era where we all convene.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.

We must, without equivocation, denounce antisemitism.
We must, without equivocation, denounce Islamophobia.

To all of you hurting: You belong.

You're all America.

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.

Today we strike in solidarity with Palestine and Gaza. The world needs to speak up and call for an immediate ceasefire, justice and freedom for Palestinians and all civilians affected.

This is no military coup. This is a justice march. Our actions in no way interfere with the troops.

I have never been a chef. I can't cook myself. They should have just come up with "Putin's butcher" instead.

We mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II. She was a role model and inspiration for millions, also here in Germany. Her commitment to German-British reconciliation after the horrors of World War II will remain unforgotten. She will be missed.

I am disgusted by the outrageous remarks made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. For us Germans in particular, any relativization of the singularity of the Holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable.

NATO Allies condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms.

Peace in our continent has been shattered. We now have war in Europe, on a scale and of a type we thought belong to history.

Before this war, I was opposed to membership of Ukraine in NATO because I feared that it would start exactly the process that we have seen now. Now that this process has reached this level, the idea of a neutral Ukraine under these conditions is no longer meaningful. I believe Ukrainian membership in NATO would be an appropriate outcome.

If Finland and Sweden decide to do so, they are very welcome to join NATO.

The western Countries lie recklessly, like Goebbels: the more incredible the lie, the faster they will believe in it.

Putin has started a war because he can't stand individual freedoms of the people. Because Ukraine has become a threat to his dictatorship with their longing for freedom. Dictators fear freedom. That's why he must not be successful with this war, because that would mean that dictators can attack freedom.

Leonard: "You owe me another two dollars, the price of moo shu pork went up."
Howard: "It's getting tougher and tougher to be a bad Jew."

There can be no poetry after Auschwitz.

The Ukrainian people are defending the values of freedom and democracy on which our civilization is based, and the very foundations of international law.

Sweden. Who hasn't spent 20 minutes in IKEA and immediately wanted to launch an attack on Sweden?

I have never thought about my age or gender, I think of the reasons I got into politics and those things for which we have won the trust of the electorate.