Edmund Stoiber Quotes (29 Quotes)

I propose to the Chancellor that... before this legislature is recessed, we make some necessary changes to the weapons law, such as raising the age of ownership for large-caliber weapons from 18 to 21,

The Social Democrats must begin to accept that they did not win the election, but that they lost the election.

good basis for a new start in Germany.

The course of the SPD and its reliability is not so clear anymore.

This shows that Germany is not fully equipped for international competition.

The course and the predictability of the SPD is no longer clear,

It is naturally a changed situation for me, for us. I will discuss it tomorrow with my party executive.

The government has completely isolated Germany through its foreign policy.

the most devastating of the last 50 years.

We will not be able to go without a tax cut for the middle class.

The CDU, the great party of the center, is back. It is the biggest party in parliament. We will make what we can of this great result.

What is going on in China now smells like technology theft.

Perhaps there is a piece of universal justice here,

The key to integration is a common language and that happens to be German here -- and we can demand that.

Unfortunately, we don't have such intelligent citizens everywhere as we do in Bavaria.

so that we are capable of taking over the government, even if it is not possible at the present time.

Should we not be able to construct a government ... the Schroeder government will only be able to govern for a very, very short time,

We bear the responsibility to form a stable government with a capability to act.

We must do everything, apply everything, apply every diplomatic, every political pressure so that the U.N. is successful that the inspectors are let into the country again and that we know exactly what weapons Saddam Hussein owns,

Perhaps there is a piece of universal justice there that Mr. Schroeder will be able to live through the results of what he has brought upon us. Just give him a few months to go through that.

I want to make clear that the SPD has to begin to understand that they did not win the election, they lost the vote.

This is the greatest act of budget consolidation in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany.

she will be a good chancellor and will have me ... by her side all the way.

We'll take care of the hooligans, but the danger exists that the World Cup will be misused by international terrorism.

Irresponsibility, cowardice, personal vanity, whining and chaos are becoming the maxims of political action. There is a stink in Berlin - a huge one.

In this altered situation, I have reached the decision that as the head of the party, I can better support the interests of the Christian Social Union in Munich.

We are at the bottom of European economic growth, ... Schroeder had four years to fight unemployment and did nothing.

The crisis in the pensions budget is dramatic, ... There should be no taboos about discussing longer working lives and increasing both actual and legal retirement ages.

extreme situation in which Germany finds itself, we have no choice but to vote for the grand coalition.