Joschka Fischer quotes

Joschka Fischer is a German politician best known for serving as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany. A leading figure of the Green Party, he played a crucial role in shaping German foreign policy in the early 2000s. He is recognized for his advocacy of environmental issues and progressive politics. Here are 22 of his quotes:

Let's forget the reunification, let's just shut up and don't talk about that topic for the next 20 years. (Joschka Fischer)
My name is Mr. Fischer. What's your name? View quote
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With all due respect, Mr President, you are an asshole. View quote
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Excuse me, I am not convinced. View quote
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A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the political process. View quote
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Stalin was a guy like we are, not only that he considered himself a revolutionary and lived like one, but he was a character in the truest sense of the word... We have finally to let out this psychological wreckage... it is our and my darkest chapter, I know or better to say I suspect it, because I am extremely afraid of certain things that are inside of me. Bartsch and Honka are extreme cases, but in some sense this is as personality inside of oneself... then it easily developed into, yes, the thrill of punching, tending to be a sadistic pleasure. View quote
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I can already picture us sitting there with dreadlocks, smoking a huge joint, listening to reggae music and in front of us a steaming beer. Seriously: Can you imagine such a thing? View quote
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Solutions must be based on compromises. View quote
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We had to move forward after the war and see the realities. View quote
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What will we do in a globalised world? All human beings are equal, so they have the same right to have the same lifestyle-the same social security, jobs, education. View quote
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There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system. (Joschka Fischer)
India has been contributing very much to the reconstruction of Afghanistan; we are strongly engaged there. View quote
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Everybody is talking today about the economy. View quote
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We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not. View quote
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The situation in Iraq is dangerous but the regional situation is also very complicated and precarious. View quote
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We are ready to train new Iraqi forces outside Iraq. We did it in Abu Dhabi. View quote
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We have every interest in seeing that the military use of nuclear power will be contained. View quote
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The United States is our most important ally. They helped us many times. Without the United States, the unification or German democratisation after the Nazi period would have been much more complicated, or almost impossible. View quote
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The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe. View quote
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I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of the 19th and 20th centuries. View quote
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You must see the persons who are in charge - persons you can punish or vote for. (Joschka Fischer)
/.../I would never shake the hand of a person like the German foreign minister, nor would I let him in my house. He is the prototype of a shameful politician; the one who makes a career as a protester and a friend of the peace, in order to use his official ideals to get a well paid position as a war mongering foreign minister. A political scum. View quote
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