The best Quotes by Willy Brandt

10. November 1989

German Unity Berlin 1989

When the train of German Unity starts rolling, we better make sure no one's run over.

25.02.1990

German Unity

Democracy shouldn't go as far as voting who's the father in a family.

Now, what belongs together, will grow together.

1990 German Unity

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That's the misery: Stupid people are so confident, the wise ones full of doubt.

Helmut Schmidt

Foolishness Intelligence Doubt

Libraries are the intellectual gas stations of the country.

Helmut Schmidt

Libraries

Asking for optimism from a 93-year-old is a bit too much.

Helmut Schmidt

Optimism Age

My aim remains, if history approves, to unite our country.

Helmut Kohl

German Unity

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

Angela Merkel - October 2021, during the 31st Day of German Unity

Democracy German Unity 2021

People of the world - look at Berlin, where a wall came down, a continent came together, and history proved that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one.

Barack Obama

History 2008 German Unity Berlin

In the face of Russias war against Ukraine, it can't be stressed enough how fortunate we were to see the events of 1989/90 happen in the way they did.

Angela Merkel - September 2022

1990 German Unity 1989

In 1989, the Berlin Wall and all the walls of Soviet domination, they fell. They fell! And the people prevailed.

Joe Biden - March 2022, Speech in Warsaw

German Unity 1989

The future is easy because it doesn't exist; but the past is painful because it lives forever.

Fred Durst

Future Past

The future is coming so fast, we can't possibly predict it; we can only learn to respond quickly.

Steve Kerr

Future

One of the main differences between Munich and Berlin is that when thousands of people get drunk in silly clothes and start vomitting, we don't call it "Oktoberfest", we call it "Tuesday".

Felix Lobrecht

Berlin Munich Oktoberfest

Look at Berlin, where Germans and Americans learned to work together and trust each other less than three years after facing each other on the field of battle.

Barack Obama

Germany Berlin

The new Thor movie is out today. I haven't been looking forward to Hammertime this much since 1989.

Jimmy Carr - October 2013

Thor 1989

This moment is one of the happiest in my life.

Helmut Kohl - October 2nd 1990

1990 German Unity

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

Judaism Holocaust 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

Russia-Ukraine War

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

Xi Jinping Russia-Ukraine 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.

Annalena Baerbock - August 2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin

This is the dirty work that Israel is doing – for all of us. Otherwise, we might have continued to endure the terror of this regime for months or years – and possibly even with nuclear weapons.

Friedrich Merz - Juni 2025

Iran Israel 2025

A change of government is always a test of how mature a country's democracy is — whether the transition happens smoothly, without grandstanding or ambushes from either side. In every respect, I can say: Germany has once again passed this test.

Friedrich Merz - May 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn't do it!

Donald Trump - Juni 2025

Elon Musk

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

Konrad Adenauer

Courage Giving Up

Become unpopular first, or people want perceive you seriously.

Konrad Adenauer

Popularity

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

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

2023 Middle East Conflict

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

Henry Kissinger

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

Death of Queen Elizabeth II

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

Forgiveness & Mercy Enemies & Opponents 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.

John F. Kennedy - June 1963

Justice Air

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

Claudia Roth - February 2019

Women's Rights

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