Quotes from Angela Merkel

I believe those that produce the least emissions in autos will also be those who have the greatest success worldwide.

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.

Europe can only hold together and stand together, which is very important in times of migration challenges, terrorism challenges, if each country takes responsibility for itself.

IT companies in Bangalore are a reliable engine of development for India.

Germany wants peaceful coexistence of Muslims and members of other religions.

If we remind ourselves of the fact that every fifth American today rightly points and perhaps also with a certain degree of pride to his German ancestry or her German ancestry, we can safely say that we, indeed, share common roots.

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

We need trust among allies and partners. Such trust now has to be built anew.

This inclination to hoard is deeply ingrained in me because in the past, in times of scarcity, you took what you could get.

We needed 40 years to overcome East Germany. Sometimes in history, one has to be prepared for the long haul and not ask after four months if it still makes sense to keep up our demands.

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.

We have to ensure politically that what's doable can indeed by translated into law, but what's not doable mustn't become European law. Otherwise, the auto industry will work somewhere with higher carbon emissions - and we can't want that.

Former president Wulff said Islam belongs to Germany. That is true. I also hold this opinion.

I don't carry any early childhood trauma around with me, if that's what you're hinting at. The story of the bicycles - and there were three of them which were stolen from me - I've dealt with it well.

More reforms will give more impetus to German industries to invest in India. German companies want to be treated on par with Indian companies, and creation of an equitable market is crucial for investments.

We Germans have a special responsibility to be alert, sensitive, and aware of what we did during the Nazi era and about lasting damage caused in other countries. I've got tremendous sympathy for that.

I think it has been a tremendous feat on the part of East Germans since 1990 to adapt to everything changing.

Sometimes I can't stop myself from buying things just because I see them - even when I don't really need them.

I chose to pursue a career in physics because there the truth isn't so easily bent.

I can say that we are very clear in our mind about the responsibility of the national soldiers for the break with civilisation that was the Shoah. We are firmly convinced that this is something that will have to be handed over to generations to come... so we don't see any reason to change our view of history.

Solidarity and competitiveness are the two sides of a European coin.

It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds.

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.

During the course of 1989, more and more East Germans lost their fears of the state's repression and chicanery and went out on the streets. There was no turning back then. It is thanks to their courage the Wall was opened.