The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.

Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like North Korea.

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.

The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!

But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion. We need financial market regulation that works at national and European level.

It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs.

The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence.

If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow.

The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.

I want to say to you: Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.

He has to come to it on his own.

You can't make everybody laugh. You gotta just do what you think is funny. Just be obstreperous to everybody.

Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.

Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men

I'll tell you, I've seen the lightning flash. I've heard the thunder roll. I felt sin-breakers dashing, trying to conquer my soul. But I heard the voice of Jesus saying still to fight on.

Faith in action is love, and love in action is service. By transforming that faith into living acts of love, we put ourselves in contact with God Himself, with Jesus our Lord.

My mantra is if you want to help people accomplish some goal, make it easy.

With comedy, you have no place to go but more comedy, so you're never off the hook.

Start your child's day with love and encouragement and end the day the same way.