The Italian economy is certainly the weakest of the big European countries.

I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy and president of the European Commission for more than five years.

We must now face the difficult task of moving towards a single economy, a single political entity .. For the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire we have the opportunity to unite Europe.

Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized.

Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power - not just a trading bloc, but a political entity?

I don't want to pass a punitive law, or use politics as a vendetta.

The EU must take on new responsibilities. And these new responsibilities call for intensifying the integration process.

Moreover, resolving the mother of all problems - the Israeli-Palestinian question - requires cooperation between Europe and the U.S.

Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.

We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity.

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe.

Words that defy reality are ominous. And it’s ominous reality that confronts those who would obscure the wise and worthy.

From my tears of happiness I have became a mountain of strength surrounded by a sea of Joy.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.

Young hearts have their unfathomable depths.

Could it be that sexual perversion and romanticism sprang from the same longing for distant horizons?

In fact, most good television is better than most movies that are out.

It is not the gift, but the thought that counts.

Seeing is a neglected enterprise.

The best thing anyone can do in life is to give opportunities to a child.

There is much meaning in the word endure. For example, when dealing with unstable human feelings and uneven pathways in life, without endurance to hold you up, you may fall into a pit in the brush.