Quotes by Helmut Kohl

“I have been underestimated for decades. I have done very well that way.”

“We ran to win this election and we lost. It is quite clear that the Social Democrats won this election. There is nothing to discuss about this result.”

“His voice will be missed in the future.”

“What especially touched me was the fact that despite his personal experience, he never became bitter, and carried on in an admirable and just manner,”

“every kind of terrorism.”

“The Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation,”

“I experienced again in my recent conversations with Mikhail Gorbachev how much Raisa influenced her husband and his life, and how they both belonged together,”

“For me it is completely clear that our air bases in Germany would be available to the Americans,”

“The German government supports all measures which help to fight this scourge of the international community. This is particularly the case for the attacks the U.S. carried out yesterday on targets in Afghanistan and S}dan,”

“The army is under orders to defend every place,”

We were united not only by political respect for each other, but also by deep mutual sympathy as people.

In a democracy, if you dont get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

Peace must be more than the absence of war.

We all need Europe, not just those of us in Europe. And we Germans need Europe more than the others. Germany is the country with the longest border, the most neighbours, and is, by population and economic strength, the number one in Europe.

If one has no compass, when one doesnt know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

Germany is our fatherland Europe is our future.