"I had to think whether, after 50 years……" — Jacques Delors
"I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job."
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28 Quotes by Jacques Delors
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Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished.
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Contrary to what people say, my wife never turned me away from the presidency. She told me to reflect on…
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My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist party. It may be…
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These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that…
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For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility.
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This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.
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The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.
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I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France.
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Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship.
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The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer…
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Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan.
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The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.
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