Angela Merkel

German Chancellor

Contemporary influential 163 sayings

Sayings by Angela Merkel

We have done so much. We can do it.

2015 — Press conference regarding refugee crisis
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Multiculturalism leads to parallel societies and therefore multiculturalism remains a living lie.

2010 — Speech at a CDU youth meeting
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Islam belongs to Germany.

2015 — Speech in Berlin
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What does a country need more than a good relationship with Russia?

2007 — Interview with Berliner Zeitung
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If Europe fails on the question of refugees, then it won't be the Europe we wished for.

2015 — Press conference in Berlin
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We must learn to live with the virus.

2020 — Press conference on COVID-19
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Democracy is based on trust. If this trust is abused, then democracy is damaged.

2013 — Speech at the Bundestag
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The internet is still Neuland for all of us.

2013 — Press conference
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I am a scientist. I like to analyze things.

2009 — Interview with The Guardian
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Freedom is the core value of our society.

2015 — Speech at the Bundestag
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We cannot simply allow the market to rule.

2008 — Interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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Where there's a will, there's a way.

2015 — Press conference on refugee crisis
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I have learned that you have to be able to let go.

2021 — Interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung
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We need to strengthen the European idea, not weaken it.

2017 — Speech at the Bundestag
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The financial crisis showed us that we are all connected.

2009 — Speech at the World Economic Forum
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We must not turn a blind eye when human rights are violated.

2014 — Speech on human rights
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I have always taken risks.

2017 — Interview with Die Zeit
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Climate change is a threat to humanity.

2019 — Speech at the UN Climate Summit
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We need to find solutions for the problems of the 21st century.

2017 — Speech at the G20 Summit
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Europe will not be complete without Turkey.

2010 — Speech in Ankara
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