Angela Merkel quotes

Angela Merkel is a German politician who served as the Chancellor of Germany for sixteen years. Widely regarded as one of the world’s most powerful women, she played a key role in guiding Europe through numerous crises. She is respected for her pragmatic leadership and calm decision-making. Here are 90 of her quotes:

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

Angela Merkel

When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.

Angela Merkel

The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fats enough.

Angela Merkel

We will take care of every single person in our society. That is our task.

Angela Merkel

Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together.

Angela Merkel

We must never forget our responsibilities as politicians to our country and its citizens. We must always remain humble before our people.

Angela Merkel

This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.

Angela Merkel

The Freedom Bell in Berlin is, like the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, a symbol which reminds us that freedom does not come about of itself. It must be struggled for and then defended anew every day of our lives.

Angela Merkel

I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education.

Angela Merkel

This is a good day for the world's children. Children who today have no right to their own childhood, to education, to personal inviolability, have with these two representatives, these prize winners, got a voice both for the right to education - particularly for girls - and against unfair and exploitative child labor.

Angela Merkel

I understand why he has to do this; to prove he's a man... He's afraid of his own weakness. Russia has nothing, no successful politics or economy. All they have is this.

Angela Merkel

Neither the chains of dictatorship nor the fetters of oppression can keep down the forces of freedom for long.

Angela Merkel

I will not let anyone tell me we must spend more money. This crisis did not come about because we issued too little money but because we created economic growth with too much money and it was not sustainable growth.

Angela Merkel

The willingness to learn new skills is very high.

Angela Merkel

That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

Angela Merkel

Today's Russia is not to be compared with the Soviet Union of back then.

Angela Merkel

The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests.

Angela Merkel

Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world.

Angela Merkel

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.

Angela Merkel

In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.

Angela Merkel

At the beginning of the 60's our country called the foreign workers to come to Germany and now they live in our country. We kidded ourselves a while, we said: 'They won't stay, sometime they will be gone.' But this isn't reality.

Angela Merkel

I am not an expert in this field but I do try to keep up to date with the Bundesliga. And I do follow World Cups and European Championships more closely.

Angela Merkel