The exercise of one coercion always makes another inevitable.

...Fatherland without freedom and merit is a large word with little meaning.

It is through love that the door to Heaven is opened on earth.

All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.

Many imitate limits, not unlimited potentials.

I don't represent corporations. There's people that own corporations, but I represent the people of my district.

The only way we know it's true is that we both dreamed it. That's what reality is. It's a dream everyone has together.

Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.

For many people, politics in Brussels and Strasbourg might as well be happening on another planet.

If a railroad is bent, the train shall turn over; if a man's character is bent, he shall turn over just like that train.

The human condition itself inspires me.

The people who live on the land - Israelis and Palestinians - have a right to live in security and peace.