My goal is not to eliminate jobs but to secure jobs by increasing production volume.

The government cannot become a bailout organization for companies on the verge of bankruptcy.

People act as though the hybrid could solve all of our problems - which is certainly not the case.

Politicians are fond of criticizing others.

The US will always be an enormous automobile market. You're lost without a car there.

The tough competition among German manufacturers makes us fundamentally strong.

Russia has the largest reserves of natural resources, including iron and natural gas. The market will develop in the long term, and the VW Group will benefit from it.

I am an emotional person, and soccer is sheer emotion. For me, it is the best way to unwind.

The hybrid engine costs a lot of money, and customers are hardly willing to spend so much more for a car.

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.

A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself.

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in.

Man is a creative animal, doomed to strive toward a goal, engaged in full-time engineering.

You want the scent? Smell yourself!

John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency.

You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist

That idea is so damned nonsensical and impossible that I'm willing to stand on the bridge of a battleship while that nitwit tries to hit if from the air.

As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.

The greatest joy is my lifestyle, where me and my husband and our kids who go to internet school so they have the freedom to travel with me are able to do what we want, when we want, where we want.