Angela Merkel Quotes


It is actually a very good thing, if after eight years of coverage the president of the United States [Barack Obama] says that this is a cooperation based on friendship that we cooperated well.


Citations

Merkel, Angela. "Remarks by President Obama and Chancellor Merkel of Germany in Joint Press Conference." Obama White House Archives, The White House, 17 Nov. 2016.

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The two were cousins. Wilhelm was a very dominant personality and his cousin quite weak. This quotation shows the egomaniacal view of the German Kaiser. The letters were secret but after the execution of the Czar, the Russians released the letters to show the dominant and warlike history of Germany under the Kaiser who was furious that the Russians had made such personal and secret letters public.


Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel
  • Born: July 17, 1954
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Statesman

Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German politician serving as the chancellor of Germany since 2005. She served as leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2000 to 2018. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, Merkel is the first female chancellor of Germany. Merkel has been widely described as the de facto leader of the European Union, the most powerful woman in the world and by many commentators since 2016 as the "leader of the free world".