Gerd Quotes

Bankruptcy does not have the same impact today that it did a generation ago, and that may well lead to a diminution of the kind of stigma that formerly attached itself to a personal bankruptcy filing. - Samuel Gerdano

As soon as this election was called in May, it automatically became about what the CDU would do differently, rather than what plans the SPD had... And perhaps inevitably, some of the CDU proposals appear painful. - Gerd Langguth

Anyone who was thinking of bankruptcy last year went in under the wire. - Samuel Gerdano

Another adverse factor was the way the Russians received continual reinforcements from their back areas, as they fell back. It seemed to us that as soon as one force was wiped out, the path was blocked by the arrival of a fresh force. - Gerd Von Rundstedt

Angela Merkel believes fiercely that Germany needs a freer, more individualistic society, and more market-oriented economy, precisely because she grew up in the very opposite -- in the communist east. - Gerd Langguth

A barrel full of certainties won't roll very far. - Gerd De Ley

[Merkel received her introduction to Western politics when Helmut Kohl, Germany's larger-than-life Chancellor, tapped her as Minister for Women and Youth for his Cabinet in 1991. She established herself as both ambitious and willing to learn, outmaneuvering a succession of male colleagues to take the party leadership in 2000.] She's criticized for being timid... but she's a political panther. - Gerd Langguth