We all know what to do, but we don’t know how to get re-elected once we have done it.

When the going gets tough, you have to lie.

When it becomes serious, you have to lie.

I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious ... I am for secret, dark debates.

I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty.

I notice with a certain sense of regret that far too many Europeans are returning to a regional and national mindset.

Decisions can only be reached in Europe if France and Germany agree.

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

I am chilled by the realization of how similar circumstances in Europe in 2013 are to those of 100 years ago.

It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

I am for secret, dark debates.

That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet.

Maybe he wouldn't say anything, which is the worst thing men do.

The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.

The problem is that it takes physicians so long to accept a radical change. And the lag is unacceptable.

A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

There is no Dubai and Abu Dhabi; we are one. Whoever doesn't understand this should do their homework before they start talking. We will be there for each other when we need it.

I have four children and nine grandchildren. I'm presently wearing out my second wife.

When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.

Every one of us is prone to implicit sexual prejudices, including women.