Angela Merkel Quotes

There is anything but an assurance of success, I have to be very clear about that.

Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.

That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to the Final against Brazil. We should remember that this summer.

It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment.

I think we can say our energy system will be the most efficient and environmentally friendly in the world.

Eurobonds are absolutely wrong. In order to bring about common interest rates, you need similar competitiveness levels, similar budget situations. You don't get them by collectivizing debts.

Everyone wants a more simple tax system. But if this means that certain tax breaks have to be cut, people are no longer so enthusiastic.

Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably not be able to stand here before you today.

I am not an expert in this field but I do try to keep up to date with the Bundesliga. And I do follow World Cups and European Championships more closely.

The question is: Would there be a market in Germany for certain types of employment if one were to allow the employed person to earn less than is necessary to maintain his standard of living?

There's a rumour going around that states cannot go bankrupt. This rumour is not true.

I believe that we do not share as many values with Russia yet as we do with the United States. On the other hand, we have a strong interest in Russia developing in a reasonable direction.

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.

The euro is our common fate, and Europe is our common future.

Information obtained under dubious circumstances cannot play a role in legal proceedings in a constitutional state. But everything that's available must be taken into account in threat prevention.

I think we live in a period of profound transformation. Very similar to when we had a transition from agricultural societies to industrial societies.

In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.

I'm very grateful that Barack Obama as president very much put protection of privacy on the agenda today, due to the fact of Islamist terrorism all over the world.

To be serious, if we were only interested in earning big money then a politician would have to go and work in industry.

Only our own strength, a strong conservative party, can prevent Red-Red-Green from taking power at the federal level in 2017.

Alliances are part of our destiny as a nation, part of our future as a nation and this is what guides me in my policy, what guides my government as a whole.

It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change.

As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.

NATO needs to adapt its strategy to meet new challenges

From a German point of view, German-American and European-American relations are a pillar of our foreign policy.

Our bilateral relations are very good, they’re very close. In the areas of business, of the economy, the United States of America last year were our most important trading partner.

I approach this with - with an open mind and I'll do it on the basis of a deep conviction with President-elect Donald Trump.

The substance of the constitution is preserved. That is a fact.

We have shared those values, we continue to share those values and obviously, we will continue to cooperate with the new administration [of the U.S].

Through the threat of IS, we recognize how important the cooperation with intelligence services (inaudible) first and foremost also with the services of the United States is.

Thank [Barack Obama] for the friendship you've always demonstrated.

It is actually a very good thing, if after eight years of coverage the president of the United States [Barack Obama] says that this is a cooperation based on friendship that we cooperated well.

The fact that people have hijacked it is certainly not something that fills me with great joy. We have to find new ways of addressing people, new ways of getting into contact with people.

My life changed completely in 1989 with the fall of the wall.

If I run a time-limited test program, I'll never discover whether markets with additional employment truly exist. A solution in the low-wage sector cannot be a limited special program.

Look at the European Parliament. There are a lot of people who are looking for simplistic solutions, for - who are sort of preaching policies of - well, very unfriendly policies.

We can't constantly explain to our voters that taxpayers have to be on the hook for certain risks, rather than those who make a lot of money taking those risks.

Today's Russia is not to be compared with the Soviet Union of back then.

It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds.

The times when we could fully count on others are over to a certain extent.

The markets want to force us to do certain things. That we won't do. Politicians have to make sure that we're unassailable, that we can make policy for the people.

With political means and always trying to work for political settlements and this is what I'm going to continue to work on with all my heart.

We cannot stand alone. With 80 million people in this world of today, you cannot, when you just stand on your own, achieve much even though you may be economically strong.

Germany's strength lies largely in the fact that the Federal Republic is a center of industry and that it's an export nation.

Let us answer the terrorists by living our values with courage.

For me, personally, marriage is a man and a woman living together.

There is a lot that binds Germany to Turkey, and even if we have a difference of opinion on an individual matter, the breadth of our links, our friendship, our strategic ties, is great.