Quotes from Angela Merkel

For me, it is always important that I go through all the possible options for a decision.

Having led many negotiations with countries outside the E.U. in the past, we would never enter the same compromises and reach the same good outcomes with states that don't shoulder the responsibilities and costs of the common market.

Alliances are part of our destiny as a nation, part of our future as a nation and this is what guides me in my policy, what guides my government as a whole.

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

Freedom does not mean being free of something, but to be free to do something.

We have freedom to demonstrate in Germany, but there is no place for incitement and insulting people who come to us from other countries.

Look forward to the future and look forward to the unknown. Nothing stays the same and people change. One day that hurt and pain will be a distant memory.