Talk:Helmut Kohl

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• Die jungen Leute in Deutschland sind prima. Sie stammen ja auch von uns ab.
  • Translation: The youth of Germany are great. Because they descend from us.

• Die Wirklichkeit sieht anders aus als die Realität.
  • Translation: Reality looks different from reality.

• I have been underestimated for decades. I've done very well that way.

• Ich weiß nicht, was der französische Staatspräsident Mitterand denkt, aber ich denke dasselbe.
  • Translation: I don't know what the French President Mitterand is thinking, but I am thinking the same.

• That's Doctor Kohl for you!
  • When adressed as Mr. Kohl, in a public hearing about the CDU-finance scandal.

• We never want to wage war again against each other. We want to honour the dead and tend to the graves but we never again want to have soldiers' tombs in Europe. That is the most important reason for a united Europe.

• Wer ja sagt zur Familie, muß auch ja sagen zur Frau.
  • Translation: He who approves family, must also approve the woman.

• Ich muss Ihnen hier nicht die Wahrheit sagen, denn ich bin nicht unter Eid. Und Sie können mich nicht vereidigen.
  • Translation: I do not have to tell you the truth here because I am not under oath. You cannot put me under oath - said to Bundestag members of Parliament who tried to shed light into the irregularities of Leuna/Minol, a secret contract with France called 'Chancellor Matter'. (Will see if I can find the date of Kohl being called before the Bundestag.) 2001:8003:A02F:F400:C427:C3F2:E6E:53D0 03:55, 19 December 2019 (UTC)