[Helmut] Kohl said Europe must return to being a community committed to stability and the rule of law.

Referendums have always posed a threat when it comes to EU policy, because EU policy is complicated. They're an opportunity for those from all political camps who like to oversimplify things.

The EU is an unique project that replaced war with peace, hate with solidarity. Overwhelming emotion for awarding of Nobel prize to EU

For many people, politics in Brussels and Strasbourg might as well be happening on another planet.

But if you constantly insist only on your own interpretation, it isn't long before it seems patronizing.

I'm not a populist. But I try to present complicated issues in such a way that people know where I stand.

Before we talk about further accessions, we have to consolidate the European Union internally. People are increasingly losing faith in the EU's effectiveness.

I am a man of parliament, a man of the people. I am not a representative of the executives.

A joint European army is a very far-reaching proposal and it would be difficult to implement. Such initiatives are nevertheless needed.

The problem with us EU politicians is that we approach everything with cool rationality, and then wonder why we don't win people over emotionally.

I believe that the majority of people in Europe want to demonstrate solidarity with the refugees.

Every Time your lips touch mine the spark ignites anew, my want for more of you...

The long term health effects from utility company smart meters present a far greater risk to the general population than terrorism in the USA.

When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.

Freedom is not caprice but room to enlarge.

So many people I was at school with have all ended up being musicians and putting records out.

The longer incompetent people delay in doing what they're doing, we're always better off whenever incompetent people are delaying what they're going to do.

I never look at the glass as half empty or half full. I look to see who is pouring the water and deal with them.

Kindness is a highly underrated quality.

Those who have knowledge are more confident than those who have no knowledge, and they are more confident after they have learned than before.

Just snow and sapphire and ink.