"I see the significance of the Marshall Plan in the fact that probably for the first time in history a victorious coun…"

"In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that he did not also limit his stupidity."

"The Federal Government and with it all Germans in the Federal Republic of Germany feel in these days particularly clo…"

"A reformation of relations between the Soviet people and the German people is not possible along the lines pursued by…"

"European integration should not be rigid but as flexible as we can possibly make it. It should not be a straitjacket …"

"Unless we act, events that we Europeans will be unable to influence will overtake us. I believe we Europeans feel far…"

"The Soviet Government and the Soviet people should not lend themselves to co-operating in the conversion into a conce…"

"I wish that an English statesman might once have spoken of us as Western Europeans."

"We will never forget. If it takes us five or ten or twenty years, we will never rest until we get our revenge."

"I am a German, but I am also, and always have been, a European and have always felt like a European. I have therefore…"