I hate the idea that someone think the destruction of Chicago as strategic affair, the destruction of Hamburg as a tactical one.

- Helmut Schmidt

If somewhere is a deficiency the normal American answer would have been well then, let's spend some more money, build some more weapons and deploy th…

- Helmut Schmidt

I've never been a classic Gaulist! Not a Gaulist at all.

- Helmut Schmidt

I have had and still do have every confidence in Paul Nitze, a man whom I have known for decades, one of the wisest servants of the American nation b…

- Helmut Schmidt

Ronad Reagan might go down to history as a man who in the end of this administration brought about the first nuclear arms reduction treaty, the first…

- Helmut Schmidt

President [Ronald] Reagan never has tried to become an expert on military matters. He never has endeavored to learn the most important details in tha…

- Helmut Schmidt

Political leaders normally act by making convincing speeches.

- Helmut Schmidt

Population growth and the proliferation of mega-cities around the world redefines the entire global security agenda.

- Helmut Schmidt

Politicians and journalists share the same fate in that they often understand tomorrow the things they talk about today.

- Helmut Schmidt