Look at the history of the printing press, when this was invented what sort of consequences this had. Or industrialization, what sort of consequences that had. Very often, it led to enormous transformational processes within individual societies. And it took awhile until societies learned how to find the right kind of policies to contain this and manage and steer this.
Angela MerkelOnly our own strength, a strong conservative party, can prevent Red-Red-Green from taking power at the federal level in 2017.
Angela MerkelParticularly from a German perspective, from a European perspective, I can only say again, Russia is our neighbor.
Angela MerkelIf it's in the German interest to have good trans-Atlantic relations, well, the task is also to look ahead, but our personal - that we have freedom of movement in the whole of Germany so if we want to see each other, well, I'm game.
Angela MerkelGlobal climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century.
Angela MerkelThe [Barack Obama] administration is sharing its knowledge, its expertise with the incoming administration. And this, to us, is a sign of encouragement, to continue the good cooperation that we have built between the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany that is in our mutual interest.
Angela Merkel