Jan Peter Balkenende Quotes
- Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.
- Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment…
- The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more…
- The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a…
- Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values…
- We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.
- Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet…
- Freedom is a universal value.