
— Timothy Garton Ash britischer Historiker 1955
zitiert bei Herbert Kremp: Die hohe Kunst des Genscherismus, Die Welt 21.03.2007, welt.de http://www.welt.de/politik/article770268/Die_hohe_Kunst_des_Genscherismus.html
"the author has described Genscherism, in jest, as the attempt to have friendly relations with heaven, a deepening partnership with the earth, but also fruitful co-operation with hell." - In Europe's Name - Germany and the Divided Continent. Jonathan Cape 1993. p. 601