Quotes from Martin Schulz

I still hope that the American system of checks and balances will ultimately prevent this man, Donald Trump, with his erratic political style, from jeopardizing our European security architecture.

Turkey is doing an enormous amount in the refugee question, but it can't continue to pay for everything by itself. That is why we have to talk to Turkey about money.

My mother's brother was killed while clearing mines in 1945. Those are things that mark your childhood and they help explain why we are so devoted to European unity.

For many people, politics in Brussels and Strasbourg might as well be happening on another planet.

I believe the people should have the opportunity to have a greater influence on politics with their ideas. We need a new impulse for renewal.

My worry is that Donald Trump may inspire copycats, also in Europe. That's why I hope Hillary Clinton wins.

I cannot guarantee people absolute fairness. I can only promise that I will do everything in my power to secure fairness or create a greater degree of fairness.

We must now, in the 21st century, protect democracy, one which rests on fundamental rights for all, regardless of skin color, gender, race or religion. Nothing less than that is at stake.

Trump is the freely elected president of the U.S. and as such deserves respect.

In political life, it is extremely difficult to remain loyal to a friendship when constellations of power or interests are in the way.

Europe was founded as a community bound together by solidarity.

There are surely people in London who would love to play us off against each other. That would be disastrous for the EU.

Britain, Europe's second largest economy, a member of the G-7 and the UN Security Council, wants to leave the EU. That weakens us and it weakens Britain.

Political leaders need to formulate long-term EU goals that show: Yes, we want to stay together.

The EU is an unique project that replaced war with peace, hate with solidarity. Overwhelming emotion for awarding of Nobel prize to EU

I am a man of parliament, a man of the people. I am not a representative of the executives.

People who work hard for their money cannot be placed in a worse position that those who allow their money to work for them.

I believe that dignified work is a value in itself.

The principles of the SPD have remained the same for 150 years: democracy, human dignity, justice and inclusion. We will never change those principles.