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Helmut Kohl

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George Bush was for me the most important ally on the road to German unity.


— Helmut Kohl


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For me it is completely clear that our air bases in Germany would be available to the Americans.


— Helmut Kohl


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I have been underestimated for decades. I have done very well that way.


— Helmut Kohl


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Peace must be more than the absence of war.


— Helmut Kohl


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Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so.


— Helmut Kohl


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The army is under orders to defend every place.


— Helmut Kohl


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The Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation.


— Helmut Kohl


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We were united not only by political respect for each other, but also by deep mutual sympathy as people.


— Helmut Kohl


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You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity.


— Helmut Kohl


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However he remained a member of the Bundestag until he decided not to run for reelection in the 2002 election. The German word "Birne" ("pear") became a widespread nickname and symbol for the Chancellor. Over the objections of Bundesbank president Karl Otto Pöhl he allowed a 1:1 exchange rate for wages interest and rent between the West and East Marks.

His 16-year tenure was the longest of any German chancellor since Otto von Bismarck and oversaw the end of the Cold War and the German reunification. Presidents George H. Kohl was described as "the greatest European leader of the second half of the 20th century" by U.

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