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Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (; 23 December 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Before becoming chancellor, he served as the minister of defence (1969–1972) and the minister of finance (1972–1974) in the government of Willy Brandt. In the latter role he gained credit for his financial policies. He had also briefly been minister of economics and acting foreign minister. As chancellor, he focused on international affairs, seeking "political unification of Europe in partnership with the United States" and issuing proposals that led to the NATO Double-Track Decision in 1979 to deploy US Pershing II missiles to Europe. He was an energetic diplomat who sought European co-operation and international economic co-ordination and was the leading force in creating the European Monetary System in 1978. He was re-elected chancellor in 1976 and 1980, but his coalition fell apart in 1982 with the switch by his coalition allies, the Free Democratic Party. He retired from Parliament in 1986, after clashing with the SPD's left wing, which opposed him on defence and economic issues. In 1986 he was a leading proponent of European monetary union and a European Central Bank.

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“If you look closely, you'll see that the political journalists actually more belong to the political class and less to journalism.”
— in the interview with Giovanni di Lorenzo, ZEITmagazin 25. March 2010, nr. 13
“Nothing is more important than pastoral care for people in need. [...] For me, nothing is less important than theology.”
— im Gespräch mit Hans Küng über den Weltethos, 2007, YouTube
“The multicultural society is an illusion of intellectuals.”
— Die Zeit, nr. 18/2004, 22. April 2004
“In the basic questions, one have to be naive. And I think that the problems of the world and of humanity cannot be solved without idealism. However, I also believe that one should be realistic and pragmatic at the same time.”
— Weggefährten - Erinnerungen und Reflexionen, Siedler-Verlag Berlin 1996, S. 54, ,
“I think that the idea that a modern society would be able to establish itself as a multicultural society, with as many cultural groups as possible is absurd. One cannot make out of Germany with at least a thousand years of history since Otto I subsequently make a crucible.”
— Frankfurter Rundschau, 12. September 1992, S. 8, zitiert in konservativ.de und linksnet.de
“Helmut Schmidt continues to speak of a sense of duty, predictability, feasibility, firmness [...] These are secondary virtues. Simply put precise:.. So you can also run a concentration camp with them.”
— Oskar Lafontaine on 15. July 1982 in STERN to the discussion about the NATO Double-Track Decision (here: shortend citation of BILD)

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Notable quotes

“If you look closely, you'll see that the political journalists actually more belong to the political class and less to journalism.”
— in the interview with Giovanni di Lorenzo, ZEITmagazin 25. March 2010, nr. 13
“Nothing is more important than pastoral care for people in need. [...] For me, nothing is less important than theology.”
— im Gespräch mit Hans Küng über den Weltethos, 2007, YouTube
“The multicultural society is an illusion of intellectuals.”
— Die Zeit, nr. 18/2004, 22. April 2004
“In the basic questions, one have to be naive. And I think that the problems of the world and of humanity cannot be solved without idealism. However, I also believe that one should be realistic and pragmatic at the same time.”
— Weggefährten - Erinnerungen und Reflexionen, Siedler-Verlag Berlin 1996, S. 54, ,
“I think that the idea that a modern society would be able to establish itself as a multicultural society, with as many cultural groups as possible is absurd. One cannot make out of Germany with at least a thousand years of history since Otto I subsequently make a crucible.”
— Frankfurter Rundschau, 12. September 1992, S. 8, zitiert in konservativ.de und linksnet.de
“Helmut Schmidt continues to speak of a sense of duty, predictability, feasibility, firmness [...] These are secondary virtues. Simply put precise:.. So you can also run a concentration camp with them.”
— Oskar Lafontaine on 15. July 1982 in STERN to the discussion about the NATO Double-Track Decision (here: shortend citation of BILD)

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