Helmut Kohl Quotes

The heart of the People, North and South, is for the Union.

We live in a time of conflict - external and internal - when we sometimes concentrate too much on what divides us. Today, fly the Stars and Stripes with pride and confidence that what unites is far stronger.

We believe it is patriotic to protect and save lives ... Worn with pride, country-wide.

Oh men of Germany! The whole German Fatherland stands again before you in the august halo of past centuries… the whole German Volk In brotherly community… Be Germans, be one, will to be one by love and loyalty, and no devil will vanquish you.

What makes America great is that we can come together during times of national tragedy.

It's been a hard time to celebrate, to come out with a smile. But I'm an American. Naomi asked me to come out to support other Americans, and here I am.

We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt.

We're Americans - in times of crisis, we step up.

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!

I gave my heart to the Americans and thought of nothing else but raising my banner and adding my colors to theirs.

I believe in the stability of my country. I believe in unity.

May we soon enjoy the fruits of our labor in a peaceful and united Germany.

For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.

Tonight: Pro American Rally

This country is being killed by people who try to break us down, tear us down and make us little when we have to be big.

Show me the race or nation without a flag, and I will show you a people without any pride.

Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles. Germany, Germany over all.

Long shall Germany live in shame and humiliation, a prey to inner conflict and alien arrogance, until her people return to the ideals from which they were seduced by selfish ambition, and until true religion and loyalty, unity of purpose and self-denial shall again render them capable of erecting such a building as this.

The news shall blaze on every hill, And ring from every steeple, And all the land with gladness fill- We're one united people !

I believe that it is the role of the German people to be great, to be one of those who rule.

I no longer know of political party, I only know Germans

The cheapest form of pride however is national pride. For it reveals in the one thus afflicted the lack of individual qualities of which he could be proud, while he would not otherwise reach for what he shares with so many millions. He who possesses significant personal merits will rather recognize the defects of his own nation, as he has them constantly before his eyes, most clearly. But that poor blighter who has nothing in the world of which he can be proud, latches onto the last means of being proud, the nation to which he belongs to. Thus he recovers and is now in gratitude ready to defend with hands and feet all errors and follies which are its own.

Patriotism is not an abstract concept. It begins from one's own home. It buds out from the love for one's parents, spouses and children, the love for one's own home, village and workplace, and further develops into the love for one's country and fellow people.

Our soldiers and people form one family. United, we may count on victory.

I recognize only one community: the national one.