My impression is that American policy speaks not of antagonism but rather partnership.

We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.

There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.

The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

Take the military option off the table - we have already seen it doesn't work.

Any degree of unemployment worries me.

We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented.

We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests.

Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.

If size does matter, then dream-n-do big!

Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want.

You can go to the doctor a million times if you're feeling down, and get nowhere, but if you go for a run it makes you feel really good.

I like to be a strategic policy guy.

I am supposed to be where I go.

This is God's work, and God's work will not be frustrated. But there is still much to be done.

Only animals were not expelled from Paradise.

The pyramids, attached with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.

Over the last 10 years, India's perception has gone from being a beggar country to an economic superpower.