Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control.

By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.

Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.

There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.

In the age of globalization pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong.

The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.

Climate action is central for the future of our planet.

I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

Governments are not always right.

Knowledge is potential power, but wisdom is the readily available power of the mind.

The Brotherhood cannot be wiped out because it is not an organization in the ordinary sense. Nothing holds it together except an idea which is indestructible.

I love 'E.R.' and I'm not ashamed to admit it. It makes me know I did not waste my life after all by not becoming a medical doctor.

Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan.

Homogeneity is much to be admired - in milk, for instance - but not for parties.

Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.

Your fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.

I've done it all before, I tell myself, and I can do it again. Trust is the strongest weapon.

Art and love survive war, revolution and death. Things continue. What we put into the earth while we are alive continues beyond us.

Everyone in America seems to be joining an organization of some kind, and in Congress one hears from them all.