Angela Merkel Quotes

I deeply admire and respect Hillary Clinton. I think she is a great intellect with great fortitude. I think she was a strong secretary of state and a hardworking and effective senator.

I say this everywhere I go: I admire and respect Hillary. She has been a lawyer, a law professor, First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States, a U.S. Senator, Secretary of State.

I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and cooperation from the Ministry of Information.

There are a lot of personal things that take place when becoming governor and I am happy to work with him should he ask. I will give him the best advice I can give.

Hillary Clinton respects good ideas wherever they come from. That's something I haven't seen in a lot of powerful people.

We need a lot more respect in this country for compromise…. There is in compromise a lot of integrity, especially political integrity.

I support Hillary Clinton for the presidency because her experience and her record demonstrate that she's qualified to hold the job.

I have been inspired by the way that Ken Clarke has navigated parliament. I am actively looking across the House for people I really respect and warm to and can learn things from.

We have had the pleasure of speaking with Hillary [Clinton] [and for Hillary] for many years now. It's always an incredibly warm experience - like you are speaking to someone who genuinely wants to work with you and for you.

Certainly I've appreciated Angela Merkel as a partner.

As a young lawyer, I learned to try to find common ground with people, to look for a human connection. When I got to the Senate, despite the fact that there were a lot of people who didn't want me to get there - and were sure they'd never even talk to me, let alone work with me - I really tried to do the job I was sent there to do by the people of New York, which was to get things done for my constituents. I worked with Republicans, and we found a lot of common ground. It isn't easy, but it's part of what we have to do in politics today.

Because John McCain stood up, our country is better off. The respect he is given around the world is not because of a teleprompter speech designed to appeal to American critics abroad but because of decades of clearly demonstrated character and statesmanship.

Secretary of State Colin Powell, thank you so much, as always, for joining us this morning.

I feel bound to respect Ronald Reagan, as every American should - not least because he chose a career of public service when he could have made a lot more money doing something else, and not least because he took genuine risks for peace.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

My attitude toward graduate students was different, I must say. I used graduate students as colleagues: I gave them the best problems to work on, and I encouraged them.

I don't remember a single day during the time I was minister of gender, foreign minister, vice-president and president when I saw anything on the part of the men that indicated they were undermining me.

John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and did a great job with the United Nations. I think he's a good man.

I would never butt heads with Rob Zombie. I don't know anybody that's in acting that ever butted heads with Rob Zombie. I adore Rob. I adore him. I adore working with him. I adore knowing him. I'm happy to consider myself a friend and someone who he hires. I just think he's great.

Jimmy Carter is the most intelligent. Jimmy Carter is a good man.

It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.

I just adored working with Woody. He was more than I could have ever dreamed of. I'd do it a million times over.

While not all politicians are statesmen, all statesmen are politicians.

What does it mean to be a great politician? To shake the hand of murders? To make concessions? To create illusions?

As a U.S. Senator, I've tried my best to practice politics the way I think it's supposed to be practiced - always looking for common ground and truly enjoying the people I meet along the way.