Quote by Angela Merkel
Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Centra

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe. – Angela Merkel

Other quotes by Angela Merkel

I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education. – Angela Merkel

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Education
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From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition. – Angela Merkel

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Experience
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Courage
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The President regards the Japanese as a brave people but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed. – Townsend Harris

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Courage

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined. – Leo Rosten

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Courage

To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled. – Dale Murphy

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Courage

I believe that courage is the sum of strength and wisdom. You take away wisdom from the equation – courage may turn to rage. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

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Courage

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Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding places in a voluminous writer. – Joseph Addison

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Reading

The only thing you take with you when youre gone is what you leave behind. – John Allston

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Legacy