Tributes paid to Helmut Schmidt

According to the Helmut Schmidt obituary published in the Guardian, one of his watchwords (and another of his English puns) was: 

“The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement”.

Helmut Schmidt at a reception in Berlin to celebrate his 95th birthday last year.
Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Further reading:

• The Guardian: Helmut Schmidt obituary
• The Guardian: Helmut Schmidt – a German leader with a global vision
• Russia Today: West Germany's Cold War era Chancellor Schmidt dies aged 96
• Wirtschaftswoche: Nachruf auf Helmut Schmidt: Der Kompass  
• Spiegel Online Photo Gallery: Helmut Schmidt's Life in Pictures
• Spiegel Online: Helmut Schmidt: Stationen einer außergewöhnlichen Karriere
• Spiegel Online: Helmut Schmidt als Raucher: Sie nannten ihn Smoky
• Spiegel Online: Helmut Schmidt Was a Father Figure for Germany
• Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the passing of Helmut Schmidt
• Spiegel Online: Helmut Schmidt – Der Medienkanzler   
• RNZ: Souverän und volksnah: Helmut Schmidt und seine Heidelberg-Visiten
• Germany.info: Remembering Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
• Klimaretter.info: Helmut Schmidt: Ihm fehlte ökologische Vernunft