Helmut Kohl quotes

The German Reunification and unification of Europe are two sides of the same coin. (Helmut Kohl)
The young people of Germany have no problem with Judaism. I too, with my two sons sometimes walk across the Jewish cemetery in Oggersheim. View quote
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Peace must be more than the absence of war. View quote
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I have been underestimated for decades. I've done very well that way. View quote
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We were united not only by political respect for each other, but also by deep mutual sympathy as people. View quote
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You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity. View quote
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We Germans have learned from history. We are a peace-loving, freedom-loving people. For us, love of our native country, love of freedom, and the spirit of being a good neighbor always belong together. View quote
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The Berlin Wall is perhaps the most visible expression of the moral gulf between free democracy and totalitarian dictatorship. View quote
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As long as there is a wall, barbed wire and orders to shoot, there can be no talk of normality in Germany. View quote
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Germany is our fatherland; Europe is our future. View quote
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In all future, only peace may come from German soil. (Helmut Kohl)
A successful industrial nation, meaning a nation with future, can not be organized as a collective holiday resort. View quote
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This is a typical journalistic statement: It is correct, but it is not the truth. View quote
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I knew that I could never win a referendum in Germany. We would have lost a referendum on the introduction of the Euro. That's quite clear. I would have lost and by seven to three.... If a Chancellor is trying to push something through, he must be a man of power. And if he's smart, he knows when the time is ripe. In one case – the Euro – I was like a dictator ... The Euro is a synonym for Europe. Europe, for the first time, has no more war. View quote
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Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so. View quote
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George Bush was for me the most important ally on the road to German unity. View quote
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The Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation. View quote
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The army is under orders to defend every place. View quote
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The visionaries of yesterday are the realists of today. View quote
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The means of existence of our country will break down, once the watergates are open to the foreigners. View quote
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We will cut in half unemployment and the number of foreigners living in Germany. (Helmut Kohl)
We will move to Berlin - but not to a new republic. View quote
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By a common effort, we will soon succeed in tranforming Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Sachsen-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Sachsen and Thüringen into blossoming landscapes, where it is worth to live and work. View quote
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I am not the one trying to speed things up. We are being driven. View quote
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Revenue and cost have to be in the right relation to each other. View quote
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