Horst Koehler Quotations

If we know where we want to go, then even a stony road is bearable.

Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.

Germany must be a country which generates political ideas and leadership, which is capable of compromise, which is sovereign and yet knows that it needs its partners on both sides of the Atlantic.

In my view, the humanity of our world can be measured against the fate of Africa.

It is just not enough to strengthen the secret services for the fight against terrorism but it's also necessary to advance dialogue between cultures.

A few weeks ago we were reminded that other peoples - in particular the United States of America - fought so that we Germans could live in liberty. That we should never forget.

After a Polish Pope, whose country was first to be invaded by the Germans in World War Two, we now have someone from the generation drafted at the close of the war.

Germany's fate is decided first and foremost in Europe. Reconciliation and cooperation in Europe have brought us freedom, peace and prosperity. Who would have dared to believe so much 50 years ago?

It is particularly moving, and I can say this also as a Protestant Christian, that a German - one of us - has been made Pope,

Korea's early repayment of the full amount of loans from the IMF is a major milestone.

I am convinced we shall succeed. I have faith in this country, because I have faith in its people.

I will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient.

The reform concept was today deepened and accelerated,

The fact that other people are worse off than us is certainly cold comfort for those in Germany who have to count every cent.

Shared values and common interests - much more can be built on these than on gratitude alone.

Solidarity became the symbol of this fight and a worldwide symbol of freedom,

Poles freed not just themselves, they launched a process which radiates until today, ... The fact that Poland threw off the yoke of communism led to the unification of Europe and a united Germany.

I am listening to everybody, in the sense that I feel myself in charge of an organization that has 182 members,

There is an awareness among oil producing countries that this extreme oil price is not in their best interest,

We must express the fact that we respect others but also that we do not accept violence and destruction.

It is good and it will do good for Protestants as well,

It is a symbol of reconciliation and a sign that there should never be war again,

Looking forward, we welcome the Turkish government's goals of continuing to reduce inflation, and ensuring sustainable growth.

This World Youth Day shows that Catholics are not a minority but come from all around the world,

We are coming to the realization that some parts of our nation will always be more disadvantaged than other regions,

Twenty-five years ago, the world looked to the Gdansk Shipyard where Poles struggled for their rights and freedoms,

Did eastern Germany not need roads, roofs and factories more than an expensive church? But a group of residents said Dresden needed more. And now we can see that those people were right.

convinced that Germany was committed to seeing through its modernizing policies, and that the friendship between Germany and France remained the indispensable motor of European construction.

This is for me a remarkable step forward to bring order in this development and also to have the Iraqi people themselves involved to define an economic strategy for recovery and development,

I trust that the leaders of the poor countries themselves fully recognize the importance of sound policies and good governance, ... A real breakthrough in poverty will be possible only if private saving and investment take firm roots in these countries and if a much larger part of the savings generated in the world becomes available to them.

I have not come to the fund to turn it upside down, ... But...there is a further need for change, and even accelerated change.

The euro is heavily undervalued, and in my view it is also clear that intervention cannot be a taboo,

The IMF supports the decision of the Turkish authorities to float the lira,

The IMF should work with capital markets, not against, ... It is not the function of the IMF to over-regulate but to ensure risks of capital flows from turbulence are contained.