You can be sure that I won't experiment with right-wing terms.

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.

The important thing is for me to feel love towards my fellow human beings—and sometimes, that has to be at a distance.

Sometimes I guess it just feels better to know that you have someone to help you when you can’t even help yourself. ~ Willow Mosby (Exposing ELE)

Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.

I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses' plastic surgery.

Immigrants have faced huge obstacles to achieving the American Dream, yet have persevered to overcome them.

Whether or not it is ultimately the best of all conceivable scripts for Korean, Hangeul must unquestionably rank as one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind.

Don't tell people what you are thinking, or you will miss them terribly when you are away.

Time, which despoils castles, enriches verses.

I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times.

Your behavior is a choice; it isn’t who you are.