Gerhard Schroeder Quotations | Page 2

whose army is not an army of conquest.

We have a common interest to bring the military operation to a speedy and successful conclusion. I am certain that this success is not only necessary, but achievable.

We had to explain to voters that we can only maintain our social welfare system if we reform it,

We had to campaign against a biased media unlike anything ever seen in Germany before,

To all those who try to fight this in the Anglo-Saxon media I say look at the others - they are far better off than you are,

This crime deeply shocked all of Germany and united it in sadness and sympathy,

This country (the United States) is for the first time internally affected by war -- that is what one has to call it, I think. It is physically...and psychologically deeply wounded and the American government will have to act.

I am the last one who is not disappointed about us not reducing the unemployment to 3.5 million, ... but the reasons for that are in the world economy and are not homemade.

I am very sorry about this, ... But it can not be allowed to have any consequences, any negative consequences on the building of a stable government.

Certainly no one wants to hide that we have had different opinions ... But that is the past. Now our joint objective is that we come to a stable, democratic Iraq.