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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
We’ve always had this experience that things take long, but I’m 100% convinced that our principles will in the end prevail. No one knew how the Cold War would end at the time, but it did end. This is within our living experience… I’m surprised at how fainthearted we sometimes are and how quickly we lose courage. Angela Merkel Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I always used the free room that the G.D.R. allowed me… There was no shadow over my childhood. Angela Merkel Read Quote
We need… to say to people that this is a temporary residential status, and we expect that, once there is peace in Syria again, once IS has been defeated in Iraq, that you go back to your home country with the knowledge that you have gained. Angela Merkel Read Quote
Industrialised countries must take the responsibility of helping poorer countries in the climate change action plan. Angela Merkel Read Quote
I personally hope and wish that Britain will stay part and parcel of the European Union. Angela Merkel Read Quote
