Holos (political party)

The office of parliamentary president requires me to be nonpartisan, but not to be without convictions.

— Hendrikje Klein said this in her inaugural address after being elected president of the Berlin House of Representatives.

The majority of MPs have today repeatedly said that it is in the past now, that it must be overcome, and that we must look forward.

— Sven Schulze – CDU parliamentary group leader, after today's CDU state parliamentary group meeting in Magdeburg

Five, of all people!

— A BSW member commenting on the five additional yes votes believed to secure Rausch's election.

But an active vote for an AfD Minister-President is, for me, not compatible with my understanding of Christian Democratic values as I have them.

— Serap Güler, CDU member of the Bundestag, in an RTL/ntv interview about CDU votes for the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt

I repudiate these accusations. This is defamation or slander.

— Carsten Borchert, CDU member of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament; spoke to Focus about the accusations surrounding the vote for Tobias Rausch as the state parliament’s president

I wouldn't go into the vote for the Minister-President if I didn't already have stability as a certainty beforehand. Accordingly, it won't be a classic minority government; if everything goes as we currently plan, there will be a stable framework, though I cannot yet provide any further exact details.

— Ulrich Siegmund, AfD co-chair of the parliamentary group, after a faction meeting in Magdeburg; on his bid for Minister-President and the formation of the government

despite a summer that is difficult for many Russians — for example due to a fuel crisis in the country and high inflation — they are able to generate a clear majority for Putin's course

— Felix Klauser, ZDF correspondent, reports

We will replace the CDU.

— Alice Weidel, AfD chairwoman, said this during a press conference after the elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; she vowed to replace the CDU.

to guarantee a stable majority in the first ballot

— Ulrich Siegmund, AfD state chairman in the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament, in a YouTube video announcing his intention to run in a regular session of the state parliament.

You must promise me two things. First, you will not tell anyone my name. Second, you will do what you want to do with your life.

— Dr. John Sharpe, London physician; said in 1957 to a 22-year-old American seeking an abortion, as quoted in the dedication of Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road (2015).