We have the opportunity to change Denmark - that opportunity must be seized.

We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.

Peace and solidarity in Europe is not a law of nature. It requires caring, effort and perseverance

But what sets Europe apart is we insist on a social model that consists of solidarity, equal opportunity and a certain amount of redistribution.

Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.

People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.

Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.

We can say farewell to 10 years of bourgeois rule... now we have the opportunity to change Denmark.

I really appreciate the British part of my family.

So yes, European decision making is not pretty. But it does work.

I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics.

Losing path is a magic! If you can enjoy with the unknown path, you shall find the exit much quicker!

Challenges are what make life interesting

When we respect everybody around us, we are in peace with everybody around us.

I don't know if I would go so far to say that I would punch someone in the face, but I would definitely stand up for my lady. But sometimes it's more attractive to use your words than your fists.

Bassett was a member of parliament and a cousin on my father's side of the family. My father delivered him and it became plain in later days that he must have dropped him.

Sports have a way of touching people.

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.

If the Sunday had not been observed as a day of rest during the last three centuries, I have not the slightest doubt that we should have been at this moment a poorer people and less civilized.

I didn't want to give the white reader an opportunity to think of racism as imaginary - a sentiment that is already a central barrier in addressing the problem.