Reunification Quotes:

If there is one instance in which a foreign policy I pursued met with unambiguous failure, it was my policy on German reunification.

- Margaret Thatcher

source: Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

topic: Mets, Foreign Policy, Reunification

We will make every effort with utmost sincerity to achieve a peaceful reunification of the country.

- Hu Jintao

topic: Country, Effort, Peaceful, Reunification

Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events.

- Brian Ferneyhough

topic: Sea, Events, Enough, Foreseen, Reunification

Overall relations between the North and the South have developed in favor of national reconciliation, unity and reunification.

- Kim Jong Il

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Unity, Favors, Politics, Reunification

I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.

- Jeff Bingaman

topic: Support, Three, Immigration, Reunification, Immigration Reform

The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

- Dodie Smith

source: Dear Octopus (1938) p. 120

topic: Funny, Family, Heart, Happy Family, Inspirational Family

At the time of German Reunification, it was no secret that Germany would soon become the strongest political entity in the European Union. And that has happened.

- Tariq Ali

source: Source: www.counterpunch.org

topic: Political, Secret, Unions, Reunification

The solution to North Korea is the reunification of the Korean Peninsula. China could influence the North; it supplies 80 to 90 percent of North Korea's energy. The United States have to put pressure on China in order for China to pressure North Korea.

- John Bolton

source: Source: www.spiegel.de

topic: Korea, Order, Pressure, Peninsulas, Reunification

The integration of Europe was very much led by a Germany that was always willing to pay a little bit extra to reach a compromise that everybody accepted, because Germany was so eager to get European support for reunification. That was called the "farsighted vision," which created the European Union.

- George Soros

source: "George Soros on the Euro Crisis". Interview with Der Spiegel, www.georgesoros.com. June 26, 2012.

topic: Europe, Support, Vision, European Union, Reunification

The endgame is peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula.

- Lee Myung-bak

topic: Peaceful, Korean, Peninsulas, Endgame, Reunification

I support lowering the level of legal immigration by a moderate amount at this time. Legal immigration reform must be based upon principles that are pro-family, pro-work, and pro-naturalization, retaining opportunities for family reunification as the levels are lowered. We must not let this issue become divisive in this country.

- William J. Clinton

topic: Country, Opportunity, Issues, Legal Immigration, Retaining

Let's forget the reunification, let's just shut up and don't talk about that topic for the next 20 years.

- Joschka Fischer

topic: Years, Next, Topics, Reunification

Just as that little opening in the Iron Curtain that Hungary created caused a flood of people out, and ultimately the beginning of the end of communism in Europe, if you could get refugee flows coming out of North Korea, while there'd be a very difficult humanitarian problem in the short run, both for China and South Korea, in the long run it would lead to reunification.

- John Bolton

source: Source: humanevents.com

topic: Running, Korea, Europe, South Korea, Iron Curtain

The Germans are often too bureaucratic, too fixated on rules and not risk-oriented enough. And some of their officials have the feeling that they need to make everything in the cityscape look nice and pretty as quickly as possible. That was particularly apparent in the former East Germany after reunification. Then cities sometimes get a bit too neat and tidy.

- Charles Landry

source: Source: www.spiegel.de

topic: Nice, East Germany, Neat And Tidy, Cityscapes, Reunification

Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American. Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.

- Alan Bersin

source: Source: www.salon.com

topic: Country, Home, Texas, Reunification, Home Country

Napoleon once said that justice is the incarnation of God on Earth. I'm telling you: the reunification of Crimea and Russia is just.

- Vladimir Putin

source: Source: www.businessinsider.com

topic: Russia, Justice, Earth, Crimea, Reunification

I wouldn't call it naive but silly. History does not work like this. If you look at the dynamics of Eastern Europe or even Germany post reunification, you realize that change takes time. No one can deny the fact that we are still not there - I am advocating something which has to go from uprisings to revolutions. It is not coming straight away that it is not going to come but what we have to advocate is that the democratization process is always better than state dictatorship.

- Tariq Ramadan

source: "You want my reaction? You get my silence". Interview with Lars Mensel and Clemens Lukitsch, www.theeuropean-magazine.com. November 19, 2012.

topic: Silly, Europe, Uprising, Democratization, Reunification

Family reunification has been an essential aspect of these policies.Many of those who are brought in, in terms of families, have become actively involved. They open small stores, play a significant role in the economy. The families and the importance of family unity are extremely important.

- Edward Kennedy

source: Source: www.politico.com

topic: Play, Unity, Important, Reunification, Importance Of Family

We fought hard for socialism in a devastating war of independence and reunification. To build an affluent and prosperous society, we chose the path of a socialist market economy. We have achieved strong economic growth, and yet the sense of solidarity in our society has not been lost. This is very important to people.

- Nguyen Minh Triet

topic: Strong, War, People, Market Economy, Reunification

Since the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland wants to remain a part of Great Britain, and since Ireland itself has shown little interest in reunification, the IRA's prospects for success through political channels have always been limited.

- James Surowiecki

topic: Political, Majority, Ira, Northern Ireland, Reunification

The lower interest rates fueled housing and consumption booms in countries such as Spain and Ireland. At the same time, Germany, struggling with the burdens of reunification, tightened its belt and became more competitive. All this led to a wide divergence in economic performance. Europe became divided into creditor and debtor countries.

- George Soros

source: "George Soros on the Euro Crisis". Interview with Der Spiegel, www.georgesoros.com. June 26, 2012.

topic: Country, Struggle, Europe, Divergence, Creditors

Vaclav Havel is the figure that represents the Velvet Revolution and the reunification of Europe. He will be sorely missed.

- Jerzy Buzek

source: "Quotes on the death of Vaclav Havel". The Guardian, December 18, 2011.

topic: Europe, Velvet, Revolution, Reunification