10 Quotes filtered by Germany
I've spent my life fighting the Germans and fighting the politicians. It is much easier to fight the Germans.
Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Category: Germany, Politicians (as a species)
I do not stare at a gentleman in distress.
Arthur Balfour 1919
On the German emissary at the Versailles Peace Conference
Category: Germany, World War I
Kenneth Clarke: Isn't it terrible about losing to the Germans at our national sport, Prime Minister?
Margaret Thatcher: I shouldn't worry too much - we've beaten them twice this century at theirs.
Margaret Thatcher 06/1990
Following England's loss to Germany in the 1990 World Cup Soccer Semi Final
They are all a rotten lot. Schmidt and the Americans and we are the only people who would do any standing up and fighting if necessary.
Margaret Thatcher 07/1979
On fellow European leaders
Category: Europe & America, Germany
It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my Government will be a 'soft touch' in the Community. In case such a rumour may have reached your ears, Mr Chancellor, it is only fair to advise you frankly to dismiss it, as my colleagues did long ago! I intend to be very discriminating in judging what are British interests and I shall be resolute in defending them.
Margaret Thatcher 05/1979
At a dinner with Helmut Schmidt
Category: Germany, Europe & Britain
If there is one instance in which a foreign policy I pursued met with unambiguous failure, it was my policy on German reunification.
Margaret Thatcher 1993
Category: Germany
All part of my vision of a wider Europe.
Margaret Thatcher 11/1990
On the fall of the Berlin Wall
Category: Germany, EU Enlargement
If I were a German today, I would be proud, proud but also worried. I would be proud of the magnificent achievement of rebuilding my country, entrenching democracy and assuming the undoubtedly preponderant position in Europe. But a united Germany can't and won't subordinate its national interests in economic or in foreign policy to those of the Community indefinitely. Germany's new pre-eminence is a fact - and its power is a problem - as much for Germans as for the rest of Europe.
Margaret Thatcher 15/05/1992
Category: Germany
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.
Helmut Kohl 10/1996
Category: Germany, European Integration
