Angela Merkel and the CDU are not our political adversaries. The CDU and the CSU are sister parties.

In every governmental speech I give before state parliament, I say: Bavaria will remain Bavaria.

Bavaria is a dynamic, cosmopolitan state. Those who don't adapt fall behind.

The past cannot be allowed to repeat itself.

There are nice political formulations that can apply to everyone and to nobody. I wouldn't know how I could be more reserved in my formulations than I already am.

Angela Merkel and the CDU are not our political adversaries. The CDU and the CSU are sister parties.

Every married couple has disputes from time to time, and in every good marriage, an attempt is made to overcome the dispute.