Thirty years ago, this promise, this allure of democracy, drove hundreds of thousands of people in East Germany onto the streets. What… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Reaching compromise does not signal weakness, but rather is a sign of strength. The ability to compromise is the backbone of democracy. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
We need democracy - but right now democracy needs us! It needs self-assured citizens who have confidence and drive, common sense and… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Our democracy is as strong as we make it. Its founding principle is that we voice our opinions, and that we are… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Germany's path to greater military assertiveness has not been linear, and it never will be. Germans do not believe that talking at roundtables solves… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
But Germany is a reflective power: even as it adapts, a belief in the importance of restraint, deliberation, and peaceful negotiation will continue to… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
I wish I could say that we Germans have learned from our history once and for all, but I cannot say that when hatred… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Today, our world is more interconnected than ever. This offers many opportunities; it creates wealth and new freedoms. Yet our world is also vulnerable,… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
The question that stands in the foreground is not 'Do we need this technology?' No one denies the great chances and the great opportunities… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Since 1998, I have served my country as a member of four cabinets and as the leader of the parliamentary opposition. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Europe has the potential to pioneer and supply a sustainable worldwide economy. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
The history of the outbreak of war 100 years ago and of the collapse of the fragile balance of power in Europe in the… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Following its peaceful reunifica'tion in 1990, Germany was on track to become an economic giant that had little in the way of foreign policy. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Seventeen million people around the world lost their lives in the first world war, countless suffered and were marred for life. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
We in Europe must not indulge the illusion that we could shut ourselves away from the world if it goes to pieces, and maybe… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
From my point of view, we have the two communities: the tech community on one side and the rather social-scientific, philosophical community on the… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
