Horst Koehler Quotes

Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean. And while we must never take this for granted, the first purpose of the European Union - to secure peace - has been achieved and we should pay tribute to all those in the EU, alongside Nato, who made that happen.

The European family may well be anything but perfect. But it is the best thing that we have for bringing the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging compromises so that people here can live in peace, freedom, and prosperity.

For my generation, the monetary union has always been about forging peace.

The United States was proud to stand with the people of Germany as this nation and this continent reunited and rebuilt and reached for a better future.

The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democratic sector of Berlin think only of peace, and that they are working for freedom and peaceful prosperity.

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

In order to establish peace, you must have fair justice for everyone.

Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time.

We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised.

One thing that I know and I feel Nigerians will celebrate is continuity and peace.

Peace makes plenty.

In our vision for a new Europe, Democratic Russia will be a full partner….We can make Germany’s Eastern border what its Western boarder has been—a gateway and not a barrier.

After the end of the Cold War, we have the obligation to help these Eastern European countries to enjoy the same kinds of benefits that we enjoyed 50 years ago.

The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.

We have to reconcile Europeans with Europe.

The 20th Century was a bloodbath, and for all the frustrations and failures of the project to unify Europe, the last five decades have been periods of unprecedented peace, growth, and prosperity in Europe.

Europe has been at peace since 1945. But it is a restless peace thats shadowed by the threat of violence. Europe is partitioned. An unnatural line runs through the heart of a very great and a very proud nation [Germany]. History warns us that until this harsh division has been resolved, peace in Europe will never be secure. We must turn to one of the great unfinished tasks of our generationand that unfinished task is making Europe whole again.

Peace and solidarity in Europe is not a law of nature. It requires caring, effort and perseverance

When we refused to be forced out of Berlin, we demonstrated to the people of Europe that with their cooperation we would act, and act resolutely, when their freedom was threatened.

We are not seeking... and looking for war with any nations. We are seeking peace and stability among all the nations in the region.

You can't build Europe against anyone.

I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.

At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism.

Throughout the years following World War II and until the formation of the European Economic Community in 1958, I was very active as a national or international rapporteur at many of the international conferences aiming to establish an European community.

The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.