Germany Quotes

My greetings to you, my Germany.

Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply.

The Jews must realize that their influence in Germany has disappeared for all time.

Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance.

I was in the underground until I left Germany.

The reason is that a military defeat of Britain will bring about the disintegration of the British Empire. This would not be of any benefit to Germany.

We will not send troops. Germany is not committed to Iraq - we will not commit ourselves with troops.

The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar period; I think I'm right in that. Two highly industrialized nations had the most trade with each other, and it wasn't tariff policies alone that made trade relations better for both of them.

We ought to disarm Germany completely.

When I look at the chaotic and volatile debate right now, both in Germany and around the world, my impression and concern is that the daily barrage of proposals and political statements is making markets and consumers even more nervous. Still, Brussels is pressing for a joint European approach.

Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered.

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.

World War II... did not happen to everyone, but it happened to most. There were people from Germany who were throwing bombs at us.

Germany is in terrible condition this year. This is particularly true of the working masses, who are so undernourished that tuberculosis is having a rich harvest, particularly of adolescent children.

The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.

A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.

The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany.

Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of creative expression.

Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.

I don't see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting?

Provision was also made for the distribution of Germany's foreign assets among the Allies.

I grew up in the time of Germany after the war.

It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China?

We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.

We went to Denmark twice and Germany and also to the Canary Isles one year. I remember once when we were playing Dresden in Germany.

Few people know that I grew up in Germany and that my family still lives there.

At the beginning of the 60's our country called the foreign workers to come to Germany and now they live in our country. We kidded ourselves a while, we said: 'They won't stay, sometime they will be gone.' But this isn't reality.

Names and individuals are unimportant when Germany's final fate is at stake.

I feel that an understanding could be reached with Germany which would result in a lasting peace with Europe and believe that a German victory is preferable to a British and Soviet victory.

When I look at how the banking world has changed and at the role Chinese banks, for example, play today, Germany, as an export-oriented economy, should be pleased to have a major global player in its camp.