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The British are very stubborn. The Queen, the Commonwealth, and the special relationship with the U.S. is much more important than Europe.

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Particularly since the computerization of the world, the impact of media has grown enormously. The printed books and the printed media have become less important. Why should somebody read Laozi or Confucius if he can Google?

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I will not be remembered in history. I have not been shot. I have not launched any great tragedy or victory. I have not borne any great defeat. It was a very normal - it still is a very normal - human life of a political leader.

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The concept of multiculturalism is difficult to make fit with a democratic society.

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Britain is less European-minded than Greece.

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My education has been pro-England. I have been an England-minded citizen of Hamburg, and I am still in a way English-minded, but I have been disappointed by the Brits over the years.

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The British claim to have a special relationship with the U.S., but if you mention this in Washington, no one knows what you are talking about.

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When I became a soldier, I was drafted in 1937, and instead of being released two years later, I had to stay on because the war had started in the meantime. I was a soldier for more than eight years, as long a time as I was Chancellor.

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Americans tend to feel satisfied within the wide boundaries of that huge, big country.

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Farmers are always conservative. They stick to what they have learned from their fathers and from their grandfathers. This is the same all over the globe.

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Statesman

Born: December 23rd, 1918

Died: November 10th, 2015

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