Helmut Kohl

I have been underestimated for decades. I have done very well that way.

Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so.

The Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation.

The blessing that this film business has given me is that when I walk into a school I automatically have everyone's attention. They want to hear what the guy from 'Con Air' and 'Desperado' has to say.

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.