The necessity for co-operation between Europe and the United States is bigger than ever. Only by close transatlantic co-operation can we face the world's challenges.

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.

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 given.

Freedom is a universal value.

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 have made us who we are.

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 this evil head on.

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.

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 in mind.

Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life and to do it rightly is an art like any other.

The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.

Do not be deceived into thinking that how a man acts is the full picture.

In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight.

We can push Montana forward and we can do it with out raising taxes.

He didn’t know what he was going to — but it had to be better than what he was leaving behind.

He who is doing his true will is assisted by the momentum of the universe.

There is no greater love than this. There is no greater gift that can ever be given. To be willing to die, so another might live -- there is no greater lover than this.

Abortion is the easy way out. It’s hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations.

Greatness knows itself.