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

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

I am not here for women only, but also for women.

Our relationship with the United States is not reduced to questions of fighting terrorism and the Iraq war. German-American relations were so good for so many years because they extended deeply into the normal lives of people.

I'm very grateful that Barack Obama as president very much put protection of privacy on the agenda today, due to the fact of Islamist terrorism all over the world.

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

The markets want to force us to do certain things. That we won't do. Politicians have to make sure that we're unassailable, that we can make policy for the people.