Reunification quotes:

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  • The endgame is peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula. -- Lee Myung-bak
  • We will make every effort with utmost sincerity to achieve a peaceful reunification of the country. -- Hu Jintao
  • Overall relations between the North and the South have developed in favor of national reconciliation, unity and reunification. -- Kim Jong Il
  • I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns. -- Jeff Bingaman
  • Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events. -- Brian Ferneyhough
  • Since the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland wants to remain a part of Great Britain, and since Ireland itself has shown little interest in reunification, the IRA's prospects for success through political channels have always been limited. -- James Surowiecki
  • Let's forget the reunification, let's just shut up and don't talk about that topic for the next 20 years. -- Joschka Fischer
  • Vaclav Havel is the figure that represents the Velvet Revolution and the reunification of Europe. He will be sorely missed. -- Jerzy Buzek
  • If there is one instance in which a foreign policy I pursued met with unambiguous failure, it was my policy on German reunification. -- Margaret Thatcher
  • I support lowering the level of legal immigration by a moderate amount at this time. Legal immigration reform must be based upon principles that are pro-family, pro-work, and pro-naturalization, retaining opportunities for family reunification as the levels are lowered. We must not let this issue become divisive in this country. -- William J. Clinton
  • The integration of Europe was very much led by a Germany that was always willing to pay a little bit extra to reach a compromise that everybody accepted, because Germany was so eager to get European support for reunification. That was called the "farsighted vision," which created the European Union. -- George Soros
  • The lower interest rates fueled housing and consumption booms in countries such as Spain and Ireland. At the same time, Germany, struggling with the burdens of reunification, tightened its belt and became more competitive. All this led to a wide divergence in economic performance. Europe became divided into creditor and debtor countries. -- George Soros
  • We fought hard for socialism in a devastating war of independence and reunification. To build an affluent and prosperous society, we chose the path of a socialist market economy. We have achieved strong economic growth, and yet the sense of solidarity in our society has not been lost. This is very important to people. -- Nguyen Minh Triet
  • The Germans are often too bureaucratic, too fixated on rules and not risk-oriented enough. And some of their officials have the feeling that they need to make everything in the cityscape look nice and pretty as quickly as possible. That was particularly apparent in the former East Germany after reunification. Then cities sometimes get a bit too neat and tidy. -- Charles Landry
  • It is the most important contribution we can make to speeding up reunification. -- Walter Ulbricht
  • A more stable relationship between Poland and Russia based on reconciliation might revive the reunification of Europe. -- Ivan Krastev
  • There is a great deal of concern in the Chinese military that Taiwan's reunification with China is drifting further and further away. -- Rebecca MacKinnon
  • Since German reunification in 1990, historians and researchers have been free to work in the East, where the lost Nazi art collection disappeared. -- Stephen Kinzer
  • I don't know anything about propaganda for Chinese reunification. I only know about charity and environmental work. I just want to do good. -- Chen Guangbiao
  • My struggle led to the reunification of Germany and the creation of the state of Europe. We destroyed the borders; globalisation is on the horizon. -- Lech Walesa
  • Over a period of 20 years, German reunification has cost 2 trillion euros, or an average of 100 billion euros a year. So, we have to ask ourselves: Aren't we willing to pay a tenth of that over several years for Europe's unity? -- Peer Steinbruck
  • The one great exception to the apathy on reunification is, naturally enough, Berlin. Encircled by the hostile Soviet Zone for ten years, at times blockaded and constantly at the Russians' mercy, Berliners are committed to this one goal with a unique urgency. -- J. Anthony Lukas
  • And then '74 as I mentioned and then the 1990 world cup was our team was the team of the reunification you know, so we were the team for both sides of Germany so now, you know throughout the last 16 years, we've melted together. And now comes the next milestone. -- Jurgen Klinsmann
  • Women are the majority of immigrants yet the minority of immigrant employment visas; immigrant and native born women who work in the service arena - such as domestic workers - are not valued for their work, making pennies on the dollar compared to male counterparts; and, women are disproportionately affected by family reunification policies. -- Christine Pelosi
  • Napoleon once said that justice is the incarnation of God on Earth. I'm telling you: the reunification of Crimea and Russia is just. -- Vladimir Putin
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