#ra

My office has a view of low-cost housing, old East German prefabricated apartment buildings. It isn't an attractive view, but it's very helpful, because it reminds me to ask myself, whenever there is a decision to be made, whether the people who live there can afford our decisions. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#apartment #ask #attractive #because #buildings

Taming the financial markets and winning back democratic control over them is the central condition for creating a new social balance in Germany and Europe. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#balance #central #condition #control #creating

The G8 nations, together with the five major emerging economies of China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, use almost three-quarters of the Earth's biocapacity - the capacity of the world's ecosystems to produce natural resources and to reduce harmful substances. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#almost #brazil #capacity #china #earth

What could become a danger to world peace is Iran's nuclear program and the country's open threat to annihilate Israel. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#become #could #country #danger #iran

I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level. ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#allow #am #arab #dean #descend

We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination. ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#american people #courage #determination #patience #people

All right, then nobody can complain if we ask pregnant women to make parachute jumps. ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#complain #jumps #make #nobody #parachute

Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money. ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#blood #both #forth #had #libya

I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool! ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#east #fool #i #i do #incompetent

There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet. ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#except #libya #planet #state #whole