Joschka Fischer Quotes (76 Quotes)


    There are differences in the world community. But we have a common interest in a strong multilateral system.

    India and Germany have agreed that we will support each other to become a permanent member in the reformed Security Council. We will cooperate.

    I'm perfectly fine now to be a private man. I will be very interested, of course, in international politics and contiguously follow that but I have no intention for any public job for the time being.

    I want to make way for a younger generation, ... I will no longer hold any post in the party's parliamentary group.

    We have an interest in excellent relations because we are neighbours as Europeans with Russia. We are allies with the United States in the NATO framework.


    I never use the concept, multipolar. I use multilateral. Because we have only one global power whether you like it or not, this is the United States.

    You must see the persons who are in charge - persons you can punish or vote for.


    The share of the vote that the ultra-right received is alarming, ... It's too early to tell. We have to wait to see the results of the runoff election.

    We need to get out of the sleeping car and climb into the locomotive again,

    We cannot take a time-out when it comes to our security,

    If further relevant information is made available to the U.N. inspectors, as has been announced, then that should be welcomed because it can only promote their work,

    We had to move forward after the war and see the realities.


    (The restitution payments) can't undo the suffering that the victims went through, and unfortunately it also comes too late for many, ... Germany learned many things about itself and its past during the negotiation process, and openly discussed what had been suppressed all too willingly and successfully for a long time.

    He was not a man of peace, neither as a politician nor as a soldier.

    I think Iran should really bear in mind that this step is a step in the wrong direction, ... We are trying to prevent a negative trend with fatal consequences.

    You want to be chancellor but you don't have a cool head,


    The central question is 'Will international terrorism be weakened or unintentionally strengthened through a military strike',

    Once again, my theory is they are making a terrible mistake there for the whole region, and with a negative outcome for Russia,


    We know many people wanted this constellation. We had a good result. We have to be modest in victory.

    I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of the 19th and 20th centuries.

    We must never have a situation where an anti-Semite can threaten Jews without the majority standing up and protesting, ... We are resolved not to allow anti-Semitism any chance.

    We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not.

    The war will only be over when the last armed units have been withdrawn, when the peacekeeping force has been deployed and has brought the situation in Kosovo under control so that the U. N. Security Council resolution can take effect,

    It should make the alliance more balanced and thereby also stronger.

    We shouldn't act in way that, at the end, terrorist groups will be strengthened and not weakened, because they want to drive us into a war of the civilizations, ... We should react in a wise way based on a multilateral approach and based on the coalition in the war against terror.

    The website will give them an opportunity to get to know, in an entertaining and enjoyable way, the partner country, its people and its language. It is vital that we make international skills a key element in the curricula of our schools and universities. This website will be a step towards this goal.

    For me, the constitution is the most important treaty since the foundation of the European Economic Community (in 1957).

    If, indeed, we want to avoid a tragic confrontation, a prerequisite is that the Palestinian side grasp and understand -- and my impression is that it has grasped and understood -- that there is no more room for maneuvering,

    The global coalition against terror can mark a new era of cooperation,


    If a visitor from Mars came to planet earth and wouldn't get anything else to know about Europe other than the EU household, he would believe that Europe was a pre-modern continent where nothing was more important than agriculture.

    slamming the door on Turkey ... is a sin against Germany's security policies.

    Violence was a mixture of ideology (and) macho status...,

    Germany has become a different country in the last seven years,

    India has been contributing very much to the reconstruction of Afghanistan; we are strongly engaged there.

    This is, I think, a very serious challenge and unity of the international community is crucial to move forward in a positive direction.

    That's what we are trying to do within the context of the international community.

    Why should we now halt the inspections On the contrary, the inspectors must be given the time they need to successfully complete their tasks.

    It is a very dangerous situation, but at the same time a situation where we have to try to find the way to peace,

    A peaceful, stable Afghanistan is at the core of peace and stability in the whole region,

    Germany is going to vote for the resolution. It is important now to stick to the schedule that is to lead to free and fair elections by January 2005 at the latest.

    The situation in Iraq is dangerous but the regional situation is also very complicated and precarious.

    those under 40 to write the next chapter in the history of the Greens.

    We were in opposition to the decision to go to war. But after the war happened, it was clear that you could not sit and look-there would be a breeding ground for terrorism or a new collapsed or failed state named Iraq!

    Culture has been admired, not only today but also in the past, by so many Germans. This is an important pillar of our relations.

    I'm deeply impressed by what I read, but we have an independent law court in Germany,


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