But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe.

I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy and president of the European Commission for more than five years.

We must now face the difficult task of moving towards a single economy, a single political entity .. For the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire we have the opportunity to unite Europe.

Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized.

Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power - not just a trading bloc, but a political entity?

I don't want to pass a punitive law, or use politics as a vendetta.

The EU must take on new responsibilities. And these new responsibilities call for intensifying the integration process.

Moreover, resolving the mother of all problems - the Israeli-Palestinian question - requires cooperation between Europe and the U.S.

Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.

We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity.

There are terrible living conditions and unhappiness, (even) where everybody is Italian.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Never send a Man in to do a Donkey's job

Kids are real artists. They’d rather paint the outside of the box than being stuck inside.

It’s like trying to herd a flock of geese,” said Orik. “They’re always trying to go off on their own, they make an obnoxious noise, and they’ll bite your hand first chance they get.

The people who have more money and goods than any people in the history of the world spend most of their time worrying about not having enough.

A poet is the creator of the nation around him, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand to lead them to that world.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.

The history of my state of Oklahoma offers a great example of pursuing the American Dream. It was built and settled by pioneers moving West to seek better lives.