Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.

Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.

Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order.

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.

In this life of ours we remain directed toward the relative utopia of a better world, and sensibly this can be the only model for our action.

I have left the federal government and the German Bundestag; I have resigned from all my positions in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.