Germany Quotes - Page 38

• We have freedom to demonstrate in Germany, but there is no place for incitement and insulting people who come to us from other countries.

  Angela Merkel

  Country, Freedom, People

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• More people died as a result of the tiny abortive Easter Uprising against British rule in Ireland (1916) than died as a result of political violence in Germany during the entire National Socialist revolution.

  Adolf Hitler

  Easter, Uprising, People

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• There is no question that a breakup of the euro would be very damaging, very costly, both financially and politically. And the biggest loss would be incurred by Germany. Germans have to bear in mind that, effectively, they have suffered practically no losses so far. Transfers have all been in the form of loans, and it is only when the loans are not repaid that real losses will be incurred.

  George Soros

  Breakup, Real, Loss

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Germany will always do the minimum to preserve the euro. Doing the minimum, though, will perpetuate the situation where the debtor countries in Europe have to pay tremendous premiums to refinance their debt. The result will be a Europe in which Germany is seen as an imperial power that will not be loved and admired by the rest of Europe - but hated and resisted, because it will perceived as an oppressive power.

  George Soros

  Country, Europe, Debtors

  "George Soros on the Euro Crisis". Interview with Der Spiegel, www.georgesoros.com. June 26, 2012.

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• There is no doubt that the countries that now have a very large debt have not introduced the kind of structural reforms that Germany did and are therefore at a disadvantage. But the problem is that this disadvantage is becoming even more pronounced through the punitive policies in place.

  George Soros

  Country, Doubt, Reform

  "George Soros on the Euro Crisis". Interview with Der Spiegel, www.georgesoros.com. June 26, 2012.

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• The lower interest rates fueled housing and consumption booms in countries such as Spain and Ireland. At the same time, Germany, struggling with the burdens of reunification, tightened its belt and became more competitive. All this led to a wide divergence in economic performance. Europe became divided into creditor and debtor countries.

  George Soros

  Country, Struggle, Europe

  "George Soros on the Euro Crisis". Interview with Der Spiegel, www.georgesoros.com. June 26, 2012.

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• Germans tend to forget now that the euro was largely a Franco-German creation. No country has benefited more from the euro than Germany, both politically and economically. Therefore what has happened as a result of the introduction of the euro is largely Germany's its responsibility.

  George Soros

  Country, Responsibility, Forget

  "George Soros on the Euro Crisis". Interview with Der Spiegel, www.georgesoros.com. June 26, 2012.

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• The integration of Europe was very much led by a Germany that was always willing to pay a little bit extra to reach a compromise that everybody accepted, because Germany was so eager to get European support for reunification. That was called the "farsighted vision," which created the European Union.

  George Soros

  Europe, Support, Vision

  "George Soros on the Euro Crisis". Interview with Der Spiegel, www.georgesoros.com. June 26, 2012.

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• I don't mean this to sound hyperbolic but there are increasingly, albeit really minor, similarities between now and how Germany was lulled into what happened pre-WW2.

  David Cross

  Mean, Sound, Ww2

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• A woman in Germany gave birth to a 13 1/2 pound baby. That baby was so fat his first word was strudel.

  Craig Ferguson

  Baby, Firsts, Pounds

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• After a decade in a club it's quite normal and necessary that you seek and take a new challenge.

  Oliver Kahn

  Challenges, Clubs, Normal

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• Denmark is, of course is very much like Germany: in terms of culture, the same kind of thinking, etc.

  Michala Petri

  Thinking, Culture, Etc

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• When Thomas Mann arrived in California from Germany, they asked him about German literature. And he said, 'German literature is where I am.' It's really a bit grand, but if a German can afford it, I can afford it.

  Joseph Brodsky

  California, Literature, Said

  "Joseph Brodsky's Art of Darkness". www.washingtonpost.com. October 23, 1987.

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• Real Madrid is a legendary team that stands above all others and is the target of all players.

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Real, Team, Player

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• You know the Dutch, they're always a bit funny... some of them.

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Dutch, Knows, Bits

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• What FC Bayern has become is thanks to Gerd Mueller.

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Thanks

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• There's only one possibility: win, draw or loose.

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Winning, Possibility, Draws

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• Germany needs to have a handicap, like in golf. They ought to start each match with two goals in advance to their opposition.

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Golf, Two, Goal

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• Germany's like Wisconsin, but with, like, a really bad past.

  Daniel Tosh

  Past, Wisconsin

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• I was living in Germany in the thirties, and I knew that Hitler had made it his mission to exterminate all Jews, especially the children and the women who could bear children in the future. I was unable to save my people, only their memory.

  Roman Vishniac

  Children, Memories, People

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• You don't feel sorry for yourself, you get on with life. 
  (after not being picked starting goalie)

  Jens Lehmann

  Sorry, Goalies, Starting

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• At Arsenal we play a very attractive, offensive style so I always have to be aware of counter attacks when you have to shift your position a lot more.

  Jens Lehmann

  Play, Counter Attack, Style

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• I'm a professional. I don't want people to read something about me in the tabloids going out with celebrities or whatever. It might be a bit boring but I have to give values to my children.

  Jens Lehmann

  Children, People, Giving

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• We have to be very aggressive, to go to the limit of what's legal.

  Michael Ballack

  Limits, Aggressive

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• There are no right or wrong, or fair results. There's just the final score.

  Otto Rehhagel

  Finals, Results, Score

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