Angela Merkel Quotes

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Angela Merkel

Profession : Statesman

Birth : July 17, 1954

The majority of decisions in Europe are done by unanimity. That's why it is important to be to have good relations with all parts.

Angela Merkel

Very early, it became clear to me that East Germany could not function.

Angela Merkel

In many regions, war and terror prevail. States disintegrate. For many years, we have read about this. We have heard about it. We have seen it on TV. But we had not yet sufficiently understood that what happens in Aleppo and Mosul can affect Essen or Stuttgart. We have to face that now.

Angela Merkel

I am for registered civil partnerships.

Angela Merkel

I am for our not having any discrimination in tax legislation.

Angela Merkel

Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably not be able to stand here before you today.

Angela Merkel

For those who share my view that the Jews as a people have a right to self-determination, Zionism as a national movement of the Jewish people is the embodiment of this very right, which its opponents want to deny.

Angela Merkel

There are many conflicting interests in Europe.

Angela Merkel

I never felt the GDR was my home country.

Angela Merkel

We have shared responsibility for global climate; we have to reduce climate change below 2 degrees Celsius.

Angela Merkel

The West was a wonderful world to me. I decided then that if this is the way they did things, then I wanted to be part of it.

Angela Merkel

As a 7-year-old child, I saw the Wall being erected. No one - although it was a stark violation of international law - believed at the time that one ought to intervene militarily in order to protect citizens of the GDR and whole Eastern bloc, of the consequences of that - namely, to live in lack of freedom for many, many years.

Angela Merkel

This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.

Angela Merkel

More reforms will give more impetus to German industries to invest in India. German companies want to be treated on par with Indian companies, and creation of an equitable market is crucial for investments.

Angela Merkel

The only thing the East German system taught us was that we should never do it that way again.

Angela Merkel

On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit, which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics.

Angela Merkel

If we look at where relations between the Soviet Union and Germany were in 1945 and where we stand now, then we have achieved so much.

Angela Merkel

I always used the free room that the G.D.R. allowed me... There was no shadow over my childhood.

Angela Merkel

I can say that we are very clear in our mind about the responsibility of the national soldiers for the break with civilisation that was the Shoah. We are firmly convinced that this is something that will have to be handed over to generations to come... so we don't see any reason to change our view of history.

Angela Merkel

It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds.

Angela Merkel