My aim remains, if history approves, to unite our country.
In a leading position, character is often more important than knowledge or intelligence.
In politics, you need a feeling for what's possible and what's reasonable.
Europe must not be a stronghold where we isolate ourselfes from others. It has to be open.
This moment is one of the happiest in my life.
October 2nd 1990
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