Gerhard Schröder We will be forced to cut state benefits, support personal responsibility and demand higher personal contributions from each individual.government policy statement, 14 March 2003, quoted on ksta.de
Gerhard Schröder As long as he lived, Yasser Arafat directed his efforts towards leading the Palestinians to independence and founding a sovereign viable Palestinian state.letter of condolence to the then prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority Ahmed Qurei, 11 November 2004, quoted on zeit.de
Gerhard Schröder We have to insist that those who come to us show a willingness to integrate that corresponds to our readiness to integrate them.on the integration of immigrants, laudatory speech on the occasion of the presentation of the ’Preis für Toleranz und Verständigung’ (Prize for Tolerance and Understanding), 20 November 2004, quoted on dradio.de
Gerhard Schröder I believe him, and I'm convinced that he is.responding to the question Ist Putin ein lupenreiner Demokrat? (Is Putin an exemplary democrat?), interview on the TV show ‘Beckmann’, 23 November 2004, quoted on dradio.de