German - Statesman | July 17, 1954 -
If we look at where relations between the Soviet Union and Germany were in 1945 and where we stand now, then we have achieved so much.
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The goal of our actions is and will remain a sovereign and territorially intact Ukraine that can decide its own future.
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Ukraine must be permitted to bring their own relief supplies safely to areas in the east of the country that are controlled by the separatists.
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Sometimes I can't stop myself from buying things just because I see them - even when I don't really need them.
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After the reunification, there was a certain sense of foreignness because daily life in the former East German states was completely turned inside out - everything from the shops to the bureaucracy to the working world.
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I think it has been a tremendous feat on the part of East Germans since 1990 to adapt to everything changing.
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The way I lived my life, I truly wasn't an active resistance fighter.
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I come from a country in which I experienced economic collapse.
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Very early, it became clear to me that East Germany could not function.
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It is always the case that when something emerges - which, of course, from the perspective of the former West Germany looks very different - then people say, 'She hasn't told us this yet' and 'She hasn't told us that yet.' I don't know - maybe there are other things I didn't talk about because no one ever asked me.
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Germany's strength lies largely in the fact that the Federal Republic is a center of industry and that it's an export nation.
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In many regions, war and terror prevail. States disintegrate. For many years, we have read about this. We have heard about it. We have seen it on TV. But we had not yet sufficiently understood that what happens in Aleppo and Mosul can affect Essen or Stuttgart. We have to face that now.
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