Angela Merkel Quotes


We've always had this experience that things take long, but I'm 100% convinced that our principles will in the end prevail. No one knew how the Cold War would end at the time, but it did end. This is within our living experience... I'm surprised at how fainthearted we sometimes are and how quickly we lose courage.


Citations

Merkel, Angela. "Speech by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel at the 51st Munich Security Conference." The Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2015.

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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".