We should see to it that our people are steeped in a real knowledge and understanding of our national culture.

I might have preferred iron - but bronze will do. It won't rust. This time I hope, the head will stay on.

If I were a German today, I would be proud, proud but also worried. I would be proud of the magnificent achievement of rebuilding my country, entrenching democracy and assuming the undoubtedly preponderant position in Europe. But a united Germany can't and won't subordinate its national interests in economic or in foreign policy to those of the Community indefinitely. Germany's new pre-eminence is a fact - and its power is a problem - as much for Germans as for the rest of Europe.

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.

Socialists don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose Socialism.

Let us never forget this fundamental truth: The State has no source of money other than the money people themselves earn.

Life in a free society...is heaven on earth to life in a socialist society such as Russia.