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Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl
German Politician
Born: Apr 3, 1930
Died: Jun 16, 2017
Europe History Myself People War You
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German and European unification are two sides of the same coin. Helmut Kohl
Sides German Same Unification European Two Coin
In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams. Helmut Kohl
Dreams Democracy You Wonderful Matter Nothing Else Possible Votes How Get Your Your Dreams
For me it is completely clear that our air bases in Germany would be available to the Americans. Helmut Kohl
Me Our Air Would Would-Be Clear Germany American Available Bases
Isolated decisions, however well-founded they might seem to the individual, and national go-it-alone moves must belong to the past. They should not be the 21st-century method of choice, particularly because the consequences of the European community's actions must often be carried collectively. Helmut Kohl
National Past Community Consequences Carried Must Collectively Seem Individual Particularly Because Isolated Method However Often Moves Decisions Might Choice Should European Actions Belong
I like everything that makes you fat. Helmut Kohl
You Everything Like Makes Fat
We humans have an abyss inside us. The more power people have, the greater the danger. Helmut Kohl
People Power Abyss Danger Inside More More Power Greater Us Humans
Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so. Helmut Kohl
Will Important Neighbor East Russia Remain Most Germany
The Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation. Helmut Kohl
You Made Christian Relation Feel Like Democrats Always Poor
People in Tel Aviv can not imagine, but in 1990, here in Leipzig or Dresden, whoever wanted to buy a car had to wait 14 years. The East Germans worked like people in the West, but the fruits of their labor were harvested by a criminal regime. Helmut Kohl
Buy People Wait Car Criminal East Had Like Were West Years Labor Germans Wanted Fruits Regime Worked Whoever Here Imagine
Gorbachev's legacy is that he called time on communism, partially against his will, but in fact, he finished it off. Without violence. Without bloodshed. Beyond that, I am struggling to think of much else in terms of real legacy. Helmut Kohl
Time Communism Will Finished Think Else Struggling Fact He Beyond Terms Gorbachev Without Am Real His Off Bloodshed Legacy In Fact Against Much Violence
Europe has, to put it mildly, been in a poor state since the transition to the 21st century. This is down to national issues, European missteps, and an economic and financial crisis that crashed down on us with enough force to dislodge the essential European idea. Helmut Kohl
Financial National Down Enough State Financial Crisis Crisis Economic Put Idea Since Force Issues Been Essential Crashed Transition Poor Century Us Europe European
Nations with a common currency never went to war against each other. A common currency is more than the money you pay with. Helmut Kohl
War You Money Pay Other More Never Than Currency Common Nations Against Each
My parents were Christians - Catholics, but not in the close-minded sense. I remember my mother to be a very pious woman, but she was never against other religions. Helmut Kohl
Woman Remember Mother Parents Sense Other Religions Never She Catholics Were Very Pious Against Christians
If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events. Helmut Kohl
Leadership Events Shaping Know Go Where Wants Interest Deduce Stands Compass
Solitary decisions, no matter how well-founded they may appear to individuals, must belong to the past - along with national, unilateralist action. Helmut Kohl
Matter National Past Action Solitary Must Individuals Along How May Decisions Appear Belong
Our shared historical experiences led myself and Mitterrand to the decision that we must do everything to prevent further wars. Helmut Kohl
Myself Decision Our Everything Further Must Prevent Shared Led Historical Experiences Wars
I have made a very good living, for more than 30 years, by being underestimated. Helmut Kohl
Good Made Living Good Living More Underestimated Years Very Than Being
In German history, we don't have many reasons to be proud. Helmut Kohl
History Proud German Reasons Many
It was a stroke of luck that there were about four to six leaders in power in the mid-'80s who really trusted one another and could really make things happen. Helmut Kohl
Power Luck Stroke About Could Leaders Make Another Were Trusted Six Happen Really Who Things Things Happen Four

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