I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.

He who once became aware of the power of Solidarity and who breathed the air of freedom will not be crushed.

Words are plentiful; deeds are precious.

I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.

Irrespective of todays judgment and the price we had to pay in this generation, we were able to close an epoch of divisions, different blocs and borders, opening the way for an era of globalization.

I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.

If once again Germany destabilizes Europe, then Germany will be not be divided again, but wiped off the map. East and West have the necessary technology in order to enforce this verdict. If Germany begins again, there is no other solution.