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Angela Merkel
German
Statesman
Born:
Jul 17
,
1954
Country
Me
People
Will
World
You
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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
Courage
Fears
Lost
Thanks
State
Back
East
Out
More
More And More
No Turning Back
Opened
Course
Chicanery
Germans
Wall
Repression
Then
Turning
Streets
Sometimes I can't stop myself from buying things just because I see them - even when I don't really need them.
Angela Merkel
Myself
Sometimes
See
Because
Just
Stop
Just Because
Them
Really
Even
Things
Buying
Need
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
Politics
Good
Single
Depend
Group
Everybody
Everyone
Must
Compromise
Make
Sure
Makes
Contribution
Where
Interest
Why
For me, it is always important that I go through all the possible options for a decision.
Angela Merkel
Me
Decision
Important
Possible
Through
Always
Go
Options
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
Legal
People
Immigration
Will
Degree
Live
We Cannot
Ourselves
Know
Globalisation
Well
Accept
How
Era
Legal Immigration
Cannot
Certain
Certain Degree
Full
Europe
Away
Shut
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
Work
Law
Will
Somewhere
Become
Otherwise
Indeed
Ensure
Emissions
Higher
Industry
Politically
Auto
Auto Industry
Want
Translated
European
Carbon
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
Time
Freedom
Law
Live
Consequences
Intervene
Ought
Saw
Citizens
Eastern
No-One
Namely
Protect
Although
Years
Wall
Child
Lack
Being
Order
International
Many
Whole
International Law
Believed
Stark
Violation
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
Unity
Our
Boost
Parcel
Only
Indispensable
Part
Part And Parcel
Obviously
Identity
Parts
Said
Always
Integration
German
Germany
Same
Want
Again
Europe
European
Two
Coin
Competitiveness
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
Responsibility
Lasting
Other
Sympathy
Other Countries
Tremendous
About
Countries
Got
Era
Caused
Germans
Did
Sensitive
Special
Aware
Damage
Alert
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
Freedom
Democracy
Peace
Integrity
Values
Made
Country
Group
Respected
Borders
Russia
Point
Through
Shared
Clear
Countries
Were
Same
Being
Regard
Certain
Certain Point
Keeping
Earlier
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
Politics
Problem
Projection
Financial
Will
Stage
Think
Resolved
Summit
Would
See
Idea
Deal
Priorities
Question
Hand
Which
Agenda
Special
European
Right
Right Idea
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
People
National
Jewish People
Jews
Those
Embodiment
Share
Self-Determination
Opponents
Very
Deny
Movement
Want
Which
View
Who
Right
Jewish
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
You
Conflict
World
Political
Try
Other
Ukraine
Solve
Russia
Between
Also
Around
Always
Proved
Whenever
Conflicts
Again
Many
Now
Right
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
Life
Face
My Life
Important
Chaos
Bit
Though
More
Detrimental
Spontaneity
Know
Always
Maybe
Wanted
Next
Avoiding
Even
I come from a country in which I experienced economic collapse.
Angela Merkel
Country
Collapse
Economic
Come
Experienced
Which
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
Me
Experience
People
Treat
Important
Back
Way
Neighborhood
Learned
Normal
Up
Very
Handicapped
Them
Then
Grow
Grow Up
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