279 Quotes by Angela Merkel

Der Ansatz für Multikulti ist gescheitert, absolut gescheitert!

The Russian contribution to peace in Ukraine is not sufficient. [German Chancellor commenting on 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea]

Every person who comes is a human being and has the right to be treated as such.

This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.

That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

Always be more than you appear and never appear to be more than you are.

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.

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.

The US military has achieved a decisive blow against al-Qaeda with its commando action against Osama Bin Laden and his killing.