Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl
Helmut Josef Michael Kohlis a German retired politician, who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998and as the chairman of the Christian Democratic Unionfrom 1973 to 1998. From 1969 to 1976, Kohl was the 3rd Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 April 1930
CountryGermany
Helmut Kohl quotes about
above mass remains talked today
Today is not a day on which something should be glossed over or talked away, ... Above all, (conquering) mass unemployment remains our main task.
admirable became carried despite fact personal touched
What especially touched me was the fact that despite his personal experience, he never became bitter, and carried on in an admirable and just manner,
assure european train
I assure you that the European train is on the tracks,
unity important allies
George Bush was for me the most important ally on the road to German unity.
russia important east
Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so.
shadow brutality felt
Simon Wiesenthal, like few others personally felt the shadow of history in its brutality.
christian poor made
The Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation.
war absence
Peace must be more than the absence of war.
europe goal unity
You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity.
country past europe
I doubt that the evil spirits of the past, under which we in Europe have already suffered more than enough this century, have been banished for ever.
germany restless should
Everybody should know that Germany will not go it alone: there will be no restless Reich.
sympathy people political
We were united not only by political respect for each other, but also by deep mutual sympathy as people.
politics way done
I have been underestimated for decades. I've done very well that way.
fighting years europe
The future will belong to the Germans... ...when we build the House of Europe. In the next two years, we will make the process of European integration irreversible. This is a really big battle but it is worth the fight.