Quotes about the EU: European Union

I believe in Europe. I am convinced by Europe. Not only as a heritage from the past, but as hope and a vision for the future.

Our final goal must be to create the United States of Europe.

The European Union cannot be compared to the United States. America is a nation, but Europe is not. Europe is a continent of many different nations with their own identities, traditions and languages. Robbing them of their national democracies does not create a European democracy - it destroys democracy in Europe.

We all know that Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective. We want them to live with us for the European dream.

Europe resembles a fine riverboat that was launched on a still ocean in 2000. And then the first storm that hit it, in 2008, started creating serious structural problems for it. We started leaking water. And of course, the people in the third class, as in the Titanic, start feeling the drowning effects first.

Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way.

The world needs more Europe.

Our united Europe is based on a promise: No more nationalism, no more war on our continent, no more racism, hate and violence!

We have to breathe new life into Europe.

I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for Britain. But that doesn't make me any less pro-European.

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

Of course Brexit means that something is wrong in Europe. But Brexit means also that something was wrong in Britain.

To love Europe, is to love its nations. To love your country is to love Europe. Patriotism is a virtue. Unchecked nationalism is riddled with both poison and deceit.

There is no better protection against the euro crisis than successful structural reforms in southern Europe.

In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

I feel that people in Europe are different from Americans - I think your soul is a little deeper.

I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.

Europe must not be a stronghold where we isolate ourselfes from others. It has to be open.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.

Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs Italian, the mechanics German, the lovers French and it is all organized by the Swiss.
Hell is where the police are German, the chefs British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, and it is all organized by the Italians.

Brexit Analogy; We've all been on a night out with a mate who says, "it's shit here - let's go somewhere else." Then, when you leave, you realise he has no idea where to go and the place you left won't let you back in. The United Kingdom is standing in a kebab shop at 2 am, arguing about whose fault it is.

I deal with tough mathematical questions every day, but please don’t ask me to help with Brexit!

Good luck to the class of 2028 with their history exam: "Outline the process of the so-called Brexit without going crazy."

And after Brexit, we will be free to determine our economic future, with control over our money, laws and borders.

Where there is a will, there is a deal - we have one!

Europe stands by those in need of protection. All those fleeing Putin's bombs are welcome in Europe.

Democracy has the power to quickly spread. But its erosion can happen just as fast. Democracy is freedom. We need to stand up for it.

Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. Believe me, it will be enough.

I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you… to make each day count.

Democracy isn't just there. We have to work for it together - every day.

Falling down isn't dangerous or shameful. Not getting up is both.

I hate consensus. I like confrontation.

The Ukrainian people are defending the values of freedom and democracy on which our civilization is based, and the very foundations of international law.

Please don't create any review videos for 2022 - going through it once was enough for me.

I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

How could this Y2K be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?

One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.

In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Bulgaria - and that's practically the same thing.

With clear language and undaunted diplomacy, he has significantly shaped the United States of America and post-war global politics.

We need to think about how young people use social networks. When things get out of hand we may have to regulate them or cut them off.