Power itself isn't good or bad.
All I say is: China, China, China!
September 1969
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You should know that all power comes at a price. For every bit of power you gain, so too do you gain more responsibility.
There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.
Jewish communities are warning their members to avoid specific places for their own safety - today, here in Germany, almost 80 years after the Holocaust.
Robert Habeck - November 2023
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.
Robert Habeck - Juni 2022
If Putin were to win this war, what sign would that be for other dictators in the world like Xi, like the Chinese President? So therefore Ukraine has to win this war.
Annalena Baerbock - September 2023
We've been lied to a lot by the Kreml for at least one-and-a-half years. So obviously, the whole world looks at the Kreml when a former close confidant of Putin literally falls out of the sky, two months after he launched a rebellion.
Annalena Baerbock - August 2023
We are fighting a war against Russia and not against each other.
Annalena Baerbock (as Foreign-Minister of Germany) - January 2023
While Walz pretends to support Americans in the Heartland, when the cameras are off, he believes that rural America is "mostly cows and rocks". Walz is obsessed with spreading California's dangerously liberal agenda far and wide.
Donald Trump - August 2024
I am for electric cars. I have to be, because Elon endorsed me very strongly. So, I have no choice.
Donald Trump - August 2024
I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio
Donald Trump - July 2024
I usually agree with what God did, but putting limits on intelligence without putting limits on stupidity wasn't a great move.
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.
Olaf Scholz - December 2023
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.
Olaf Scholz - Oktober 2023
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.
Olaf Scholz - September 2022
With clear language and undaunted diplomacy, he has significantly shaped the United States of America and post-war global politics.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier - December 2023
Queen Elizabeth II helped mending the wounds caused by World War II. Britain offered Germany the hand of conciliation. And the hand of conciliation was the hand of the Queen.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier - September 2022
Older people have deep and terrible memories renewed, younger people are struck by a horror they never deemed to be possible: There's war in Europe.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier - March 2022
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.
John F. Kennedy - June 1963
3Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
It's not about counting women, it's about making sure that women count!
Claudia Roth - February 2019
The goal of socialism is communism.
There can be neither today without yesterday nor tomorrow without today.
Our republic is a responsible nuclear state that, as we made clear before, will not use nuclear weapons first unless aggressive hostile forces use nuclear weapons to invade on our sovereignty.
The days are gone forever when our enemies could blackmail us with nuclear bombs.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
Winston Churchill (on his 75th birthday)
2Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
I believe in Europe. I am convinced by Europe. Not only as a heritage from the past, but as hope and a vision for the future.
Angela Merkel (as Chancellor of Germany) - July 2020, Speech at the European Parliament
2Democracy isn't just there. We have to work for it together - every day.
Angela Merkel - October 2021, during the 31st Day of German Unity
1I am convinced that no force and no ideology can surpress the urge of the people for freedom, equality and peace in the long run.
Angela Merkel - August 2021
1The western Countries lie recklessly, like Goebbels: the more incredible the lie, the faster they will believe in it.
Vladimir Putin - September 2022
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.
Vladimir Putin - September 2022
The special military operation is being conducted strictly in accordance to the plan and schedule. All objectives that were set are being resolved successfully.
Vladimir Putin - March 2022
Most likely, by the end of this winter, everyone in Germany will be either vaccinated, recovered, or dead.
Jens Spahn - November 2021
We can't keep up this strict lockdown for all of winter. Our society couldn't stand that.
Jens Spahn - February 2021
We knew that the Coronavirus would reach Germany some day. The case in Bavaria shows us that we're well prepared for it.
Jens Spahn (als deutscher Gesundheitsminister) - January 2020
We all know that Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective. We want them to live with us for the European dream.
Ursula von der Leyen - Juni 2022
Europe stands by those in need of protection. All those fleeing Putin's bombs are welcome in Europe.
Ursula von der Leyen - March 2022
Democracy has the power to quickly spread. But its erosion can happen just as fast. Democracy is freedom. We need to stand up for it.
Ursula von der Leyen - December 2021