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

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.

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

The willingness to learn new skills is very high.

Russia has nothing: no successful politics or economy.

The willingness to learn new skills is very high.

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.

We Germans have a special responsibility to be alert, sensitive, and aware of what we did during the Nazi era and about lasting damage caused in other countries. I've got tremendous sympathy for that.

We will be very persistent when it comes to enforcing freedom, justice, and self-determination on the European continent.

The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fast enough.

I chose to pursue a career in physics because there the truth isn't so easily bent.