Peace must be more than the absence of war.

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.

Everybody should know that Germany will not go it alone: there will be no restless Reich.

Peace must be more than the absence of war.

We were united not only by political respect for each other, but also by deep mutual sympathy as people.

I have been underestimated for decades. I've done very well that way.

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.