If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.

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.

Help means give me a hand.

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

Microsoft, by some accounts, the second most capitalized company on the planet, is the only corporate colossus in history whose entire product line could be eliminated with a giant magnet.

I must be the mate of the man I had chosen; and if he would not come to my level, I must go to his.

All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so.

Actually, they should just roll it all back get rid of gambling...It destabilizes the U.S. economy

I got hit a lot. I'm glad I lived through it.

He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.

You can't lose sight of what you did to get there

And hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast and calm repose.