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.

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

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

My mother has been famous for longer than anyone else alive.

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.

It doesn't seem like the season really gets under way until you have your home opener

Your life is an opportunity to give the gifts that your soul wants to give.

A clone of Einstein wouldn't be stupid, but he wouldn't necessarily be any genius, either.

I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer or director.

I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami.

Jesus was the temple to end all temples, the priest to end all priests, & the sacrifice to end all sacrifices.

The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back