History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom. It moved people to overcome their fears and openly confront dictators such as in East Germany and Eastern Europe about 22 years ago... The yearning for freedom cannot be contained by walls for long. It was this yearning that brought down the Iron Curtain that divided Germany and Europe, and indeed the world, into two blocs.
Always be more than you appear and never appear to be more than you are. - Angela Merkel
Always be more than you appear and never appear to be more than you are.
- Angela Merkel
The times when we could fully count on others are over to a certain extent. - Angela Merkel
The times when we could fully count on others are over to a certain extent.
Look forward to the future and look forward to the unknown. Nothing stays the same and people change. One day that hurt and pain will be a distant me… - Angela Merkel
Look forward to the future and look forward to the unknown. Nothing stays the same and people change. One day that hurt and pain will be a distant me…
The full veil is not appropriate for Germans, and should be banned wherever legally possible. - Angela Merkel
The full veil is not appropriate for Germans, and should be banned wherever legally possible.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. - Angela Merkel
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution. - Angela Merkel
A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.
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 way… - Angela Merkel
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 way…
I might bend, but I will NEVER break because it's in my nature as a strong woman. - Angela Merkel
I might bend, but I will NEVER break because it's in my nature as a strong woman.
I never underestimated myself. And I never saw anything wrong with ambition. - Angela Merkel
I never underestimated myself. And I never saw anything wrong with ambition.
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