Angela Merkel

For me, personally, marriage is a man and a woman living together. ”

I have a relatively sunny spirit, and I always had the expectation that my path through life would be relatively sunny, no matter what happened. I have never allowed myself to be bitter. ”

I always wanted to know what I'd face next, even though that was maybe a bit detrimental to spontaneity. Structuring my life and avoiding chaos was more important. ”

After the reunification, there was a certain sense of foreignness because daily life in the former East German states was completely turned inside out - everything from the shops to the bureaucracy to the working world. ”

Multiculturalism leads to parallel societies and therefore remains a 'life lie.' ”

We know that our life of freedom is stronger than terror. ”

Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority. ”

The way I lived my life, I truly wasn't an active resistance fighter. ”

From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition. ”

We've always had this experience that things take long, but I'm 100% convinced that our principles will in the end prevail. No one knew how the Cold War would end at the time, but it did end. This is within our living experience... I'm surprised at how fainthearted we sometimes are and how quickly we lose courage. ”