This (multicultural) approach has failed, utterly failed.

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

My life changed completely in 1989 with the fall of the wall.

Always be more than you appear and never appear to be more than you are.

I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it just happened. It was bad luck. In that situation, you need to be very strong psychologically to carry on.

On Russia, I can only repeat what the president [Barack Obama] said. This is all about respecting certain principles, and I'm saying this from a European vantage point, from a European, from a German vantage point, sorry, the fact that for over 70 years we have been able to enjoy peace.

There's a rumour going around that states cannot go bankrupt. This rumour is not true.