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In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

- Helmut Kohl
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Helmut Kohl
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We all need Europe, not just those of us in Europe. And we Germans need Europe more than the others. Germany is the country with the longest border, the most neighbours, and is, by population and economic strength, the number one in Europe.

When people come to write about my period of office, I would be very happy if they say that I made a contribution to finding the happy medium again for the Germans.

Nations with a common currency never went to war against each other. A common currency is more than the money you pay with.

Europe has, to put it mildly, been in a poor state since the transition to the 21st century. This is down to national issues, European missteps, and an economic and financial crisis that crashed down on us with enough force to dislodge the essential European idea.

I don't want to give myself grades. I will leave evaluation of my achievements to history.

The army is under orders to defend every place.

Political life is like this - elections go back and forth. Representative democracy can only be successful if one sits down and says, 'That's it. I will connect myself,' - as I did - 'connect my existence to a political project.' Then you automatically have in your party a lot of people who say, 'If that fails, so do I'.

We Germans have learned from history. We are a peace-loving, freedom-loving people. There is only one place for us in the world: at the side of the free nations.

Solitary decisions, no matter how well-founded they may appear to individuals, must belong to the past - along with national, unilateralist action.

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In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.