The best Quotes by Ludwig Erhard

A compromise is the art of sharing a cake and having everyone think that they got the biggest piece of it.

It's not enough to charm the people once a year at the ballot box.

The market is the only democratic judge that we have in modern economy.

"I'll make eggs for breakfast. How do you want yours?"
"In a cheesecake!"

In my eyes, refusing cake is an immoral act.

Dairy Queen is selling something called the Cheesecake Blizzard. It's a pound of ice cream with chunks of cheesecake in it. We have now reached the point where cheesecake is merely an ingredient.

A vote is like a rifle, its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!

Great is the voice of the people.

The economy is changing, the pace of change is accelerating, and what we’ve got to do is master those changes in order to make them work for us.

We must acknowledge that issues like systemic racism, economic inequality, and the achievement gap are the result of manmade policies.

I think competition always produces better results than a monopoly.

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

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.

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.

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.

We are fighting a war against Russia and not against each other.

I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it - Jeffrey enjoys his social life.

In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States.

I'm not going to say it right now. So, everybody, I promise you, in the very next - very, very, very short period of time, you're going to be so happy.

Falling down isn't dangerous or shameful. Not getting up is both.

Become unpopular first, or people want perceive you seriously.

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.

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.

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.

With clear language and undaunted diplomacy, he has significantly shaped the United States of America and post-war global politics.

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.

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.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

It's not about counting women, it's about making sure that women count!

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

The goal of socialism is communism.

Power itself isn't good or bad.

All I say is: China, China, China!

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.

Success 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.

Democracy isn't just there. We have to work for it together - every day.