Sigmar Gabriel Quotes

We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.

It is no secret to anyone that we are going to rule in the most delicate circumstances Spain has faced in 30 years.

The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.

I do feel like I have a sense of the times. A lot of the things America is experiencing now, I feel like I have lived through. I think there is a cause for concern.

I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind.

I think everybody must be aware that this society is a whole lot shakier now than it was before the war. I was trying to examine, in 'Dog Soldiers,' the process of that blow falling on America.

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

My sense is that economic anxiety means electoral volatility.

I don't know if we're on the edge of the precipice, but we're in a very, very, very difficult situation.

It is true that Egypt's attempt at democracy after the 2011 revolution encountered many obstacles in governance and infrastructure.

The infrastructure, institutions and social fabric of Venezuela are deteriorating, and people realize the Chavez government has been the problem, not the solution.

Look, I think the worst case scenario is obvious. I think first of all it doesn't work for very long. It's an unstable government that raises taxes and destroys the image we're building for Canada as a strong place to invest.

The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.

We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path.

Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be dealing with quite a lot of internal chaos.

Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits.

There's a lot of strength in the U.S., but there's a lot of froth also. The froth will blow off. We're going to have to face up to some realities that we're not fully facing up to right now.

If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations.

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.

We have a country that is in a very delicate situation.

I can personally testify that American politics have taken a distinctly downward turn in the space of one mature lifetime.

The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America.

An election could end up exacerbating deep divisions.

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses.

Nothing in reality renders legitimate governments so insecure as extreme ignorance in the people. It is this which yields them an easy prey to seduction, makes them the victims of prejudices and false alarms, and so ferocious withal that their interference in a time of public commotion is more to be dreaded than the eruption of a volcano.