Joschka Fischer Quotes on Politics
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'Mit Verlaub Herr Prasident, Sie sind ein Arschloch.' ('With respect, Mr President, you are an asshole') - interjection, dedicated to German Bundestag vice president Richard Stucklen, after he excluded Jurgen Reents because he described Helmut Kohl as 'von Flick freigekauft' (bought out by Flick), 18. October 1984; (S. Krause-Burger: 'Joschka Fischer. Der Marsch durch die Illusionen.')
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'Excuse me, I am not convinced.' (addressing U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with regard to the Iraq War at the 39th Security Conference in Munich)
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'Ich sehe uns schon mit Dreadlocks da sitzen und eine riesige Tute rauchen, im Hintergrund Reggae-Music und vor uns ein dampfendes Bier. Im Ernst: Wie stellen Sie sich das vor?' ('I can already picture us sitting there with dreadlocks, smoking a huge joint, listening to reaggae-music and in front of us a steaming beer. Seriously: Can you imagine such a thing?') (After the Bundestags election 2005 about the dicussions of the so-called Jamaica-coalition.)
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'Let's forget the reunification, let's just shut up and don't talk about that topic for the next 20 years.' Autumn 1989 ('Vergessen wir die
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(When asked about his name by President Bush) 'My name is Mr. Fischer. What's your name?' (October 22nd, 2005) [1]
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'I recognize now how much I remained a Marxist.' (1997)
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'The European Union is a value- and not a religion-community'
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'Die Grunen durfen nicht nach jeder Niederlage den Kopf noch tiefer in den Sandhaufen der Lebenslugen stecken.'