I have been underestimated for decades. I've done very well that way.
Peace must be more than the absence of war.
The Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation.
I doubt that the evil spirits of the past, under which we in Europe have already suffered more than enough this century, have been banished for ever.
Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so.
You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity.