Joschka Fischer Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Taking stock of 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' a decade later, the Financial Times concluded that the US won the war, Iran won the peace, and Turkey won the contracts. I can only agree.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#War #Iran #Turkeys
“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.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Communication #United States #Use
“Germany is to be contained from outside and heterogenized from the inside by influx, 'diluted' so to speak.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Germany #Speak #Genocide
“We already have a federation. The 11, soon to be 12, member States adopting the euro have already given up part of their sovereignty, monetary sovereignty, and formed a monetary union, and that is the first step towards a federation.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Europe #Unions #Firsts
“An enlarged Union based on Nice is not in the interest of any Member State ... This is not a threat. This is a messenger delivering news.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Nice #Europe #News
“India has been contributing very much to the reconstruction of Afghanistan; we are strongly engaged there.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#India #Engagement #Reconstruction
“We had to move forward after the war and see the realities.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#War #Moving #Reality
“What will we do in a globalised world? All human beings are equal, so they have the same right to have the same lifestyle-the same social security, jobs, education.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Jobs #World #Lifestyle
“Transforming the European Union into a single State with one army, one constitution and one foreign policy is the critical challenge of the age”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Army #Challenges #Age
“The EU is on the brink of becoming a European Federation by the year 2010... I feel sure that Britain will fall in line.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Fall #Years #Lines
“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.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Real #Issues #Balance
“You must see the persons who are in charge-persons you can punish or vote for.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Vote #Persons
“The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Europe #Issues #People
“Solutions must be based on compromises.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Compromise #Solutions
“A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the political process.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Moving #Government #Political
“Everybody is talking today about the economy.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Talking #Today #Economy
“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.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Believe #Ideas #Balance
“There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Reform #Ongoing #Debate
“Let's forget the reunification, let's just shut up and don't talk about that topic for the next 20 years.”
-- Joschka Fischer

#Years #Next #Topics

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