Those who constantly qualify everything and have no opinions of their own are ultimately just as incapable of tolerance.
Wolfgang SchaubleReligion teachers for Islam instruction are being trained now in Mรผnster and Erlangen. This has to happen quickly. My goal is to achieve relevant results within two years.
Wolfgang SchaubleAs for the role of France and Germany: French politics is often more self-confident then German politics due to the catastrophe in the first half of the last century. If Berlin and Paris don't agree, then it is difficult to make progress in Europe.
Wolfgang SchaubleI don't know how many resolutions from the IMF or G-20 we have already written saying that such [financial] reforms are necessary for new growth.
Wolfgang SchaubleIt is clear to us that we will have to become more involved in our neighboring regions so that the migration pressures aren't so high there. Of course the budget negotiations will be difficult, as they always are.
Wolfgang SchaubleHistory shows us a lot of things. It shows why the Lord's Prayer includes the supplication: "And lead us not into temptation." In my day, dissertations were still written by hand, or drummed out with a typewriter. In the past, you had to round up the literature, find the books and find the passages. Nowadays you click on Wikipedia or Google and you have everything you need. This probably makes it more difficult to resist temptation.
Wolfgang Schauble