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Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel

German Statesman

Born: Jul 17, 1954

Country Me People Will World You

Related authors: Bernhard von Bulow Gerhard Schroder Helmut Schmidt Horst Koehler Johannes Rau Konrad Adenauer

Hatred, racism, and extremism have no place in this country. Angela Merkel

Racism Hatred Country Extremism Place

We will be very persistent when it comes to enforcing freedom, justice, and self-determination on the European continent. Angela Merkel

Freedom Justice Will Self-Determination Continent Very Persistent Enforcing European

Germany has become a country that many people abroad associate with hope. Angela Merkel

Hope People Country Become Abroad Germany Many Associate

During the course of 1989, more and more East Germans lost their fears of the state's repression and chicanery and went out on the streets. There was no turning back then. It is thanks to their courage the Wall was opened. Angela Merkel

Controversial disputes are a part of democratic culture. Angela Merkel

Culture Part Democratic Controversial Disputes

The willingness to learn new skills is very high. Angela Merkel

Education High Willingness New Learn Very New Skills Skills

I chose to pursue a career in physics because there the truth isn't so easily bent. Angela Merkel

Truth Physics Bent Easily Pursue Because Chose Career

That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution. Angela Merkel

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For me, it is always important that I go through all the possible options for a decision. Angela Merkel

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We will have to accept a certain degree of legal immigration; that's globalisation... In the era of the smartphone, we cannot shut ourselves away... people know full well how we live in Europe. Angela Merkel

We have to ensure politically that what's doable can indeed by translated into law, but what's not doable mustn't become European law. Otherwise, the auto industry will work somewhere with higher carbon emissions - and we can't want that. Angela Merkel

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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

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You can much better have an influence on the debate when you sit at the bargaining table and you can give input. Angela Merkel

You Better Debate Sit Input Table Give Influence Much Bargaining

Solidarity and competitiveness are the two sides of a European coin. Angela Merkel

Sides Solidarity European Two Coin Competitiveness

I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness. Angela Merkel

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We Germans have a special responsibility to be alert, sensitive, and aware of what we did during the Nazi era and about lasting damage caused in other countries. I've got tremendous sympathy for that. Angela Merkel

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Russia has nothing: no successful politics or economy. Angela Merkel

Politics Nothing Russia Economy Successful

The G7 - and earlier, the G8 - were a group of countries that shared the same values with regard to freedom and democracy, and through the annexation of Crimea, Russia made it clear at a certain point that these values of keeping the peace, integrity of the borders of a country were not being respected. Angela Merkel

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It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change. Angela Merkel

Change Say Unable Nonsense Germans

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

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

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Whenever you have political conflict, such as the one that we have now between Russia and Ukraine, but also in many other conflicts around the world, it has always proved to be right to try again and again to solve such a conflict. Angela Merkel

I always wanted to know what I'd face next, even though that was maybe a bit detrimental to spontaneity. Structuring my life and avoiding chaos was more important. Angela Merkel

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I come from a country in which I experienced economic collapse. Angela Merkel

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To grow up in the neighborhood of handicapped people was an important experience for me. I learned back then to treat them in a very normal way. Angela Merkel

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